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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Please note about this email:

• It is a fake lottery scam (7 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" <lotteryservices@uknationalpromotionwinners.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 18:51:40 +0000
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE/READ AND RESPOND

The National Lottery

P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70

1NL UNITED KINGDOM

(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68

Batch: 074/05/ZY369

                            

              

                    WINNING NOTIFICATION

          

          We happily announce to you the draw (#998) of the UK NATIONAL

LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 16th

July, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:

56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:

(bonus no .), which subsequently won you the lottery

in the 2nd

category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to

claim a total sum of £234,547 (Two hundred and thirty four thousand, five hundred and forty seven pound  sterlings) in cash credited to file

KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £1,641,829(One million, six hundered and forty one thousand, eight hundred and twenty nine pound sterlings) shared

amongst 7

other lucky winners in other  category i.e Match 5 plus bonus. All

participants for the online version were selected randomly from World

Wide

Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000

unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This

promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning

number falls within our European booklet representative office in

Europe

as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your  £234,547 (Two hundred and thirty four thousand, five hundred and forty seven pound  sterlings) would be

released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European

agent

will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your

funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised

to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is

processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem

fit to

claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid

double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be

warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Mr. Juan Sanz Ramon

Email: uknationalpromotion1@excite.com

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

 

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Richard K. Lloyd

Telephone:+44-703-194-6778

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program

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