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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 (5 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Information Department" <info@ukolinelottry01.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 04:37:43 +0000
Subject: You Won the UK NATIONAL LOTTO. CONGRATULATIONS

                                                       

The U.K National Online Lottery
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 that you are a
winner ofthe draw (#998) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY, online SweepstakesInternational
program held on Saturday 16th July,2005.
Your e-mail addressattached to ticket
number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02drew the lucky
numbers:02-03-21-24-38-44 (bonus no.47),
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 sumof £234,547.00 (Two Hundred and Thirty
four thousand five hundred and fourty seven
pounds sterling)  in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.This isfrom a total cash
prize of £1,641,829  shared amongst the (7) lucky
winners in this 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 England as indicated
in your play coupon. In view ofthis, your £234,547
(Two Hundred and Thirty four thousand five hundred
and fourty seven pounds sterling)would be released
to you by any of our affiliated security/courier
companies in England. Our Fiduciary 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 yourprize. 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
uk online fiduciary agent:Mr;Louis Anderson,
with your full name and drawnumber(i.e 998) Email:
(andersonlouis@hotmail.co.uk).
 
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.

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