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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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Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS" <emaillotto@uklottcompany.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 06:08:14 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON 1,000,000EUROS {ONE MILLION EUROS}

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369




We happily announce to you the draw (#961) of the UK NATIONAL

LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on

Wednesday 9th of july, 2005.Your e-mail address attached to

ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew

the lucky numbers:14-21-25-39-40-47 (bonus no.20), which

subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e

match 5 plus bonus.. All participants were selected randomly

from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and

extracted from over 100,000 individuals and companies.The

Lottery teams up with localcompanies and media partners to

promote Lottery products, and informs citizens on where the

proceeds from Lottery ticket sales go.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of

1,000,000 EURO(ONE MILLION EURO) in cash. This is from a

total cash prize of FIFTY THREE MILLION EURO,shared amongst

the first hundred (53) lucky winners in this category.A

statewide focus is taken on most large promotions, and the

Lottery works with local companies, such as Pepsi and IBM,

in
"co-promotional"partnerships. These partnerships help each

company introduce new products to
customers.Note that we have a wide reputation and list of

people who have benefitted imensely from this promo".

This promotion takes place annually. 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 by some unscrupulous
elements.Please be warned.In view of this, your 1,000,000

EURO(ONE MILLION EURO)would be
released to you by our Security firm. To file for your claim,

please contact our
fiduciary/Claims agent:

NAME: DR DAVID FLETCHER

EMAIL: claimsagent@eresmas.com

notifications1@eresmas.com



PHONE NUMBER: +447040110718

FAX: +447092860667

COMPANY NAME: ERESMAS CONSULT SERVICES


Rivington House 82 Great Eastern Street London EC2A 3JF ,

London , UK ,


To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to

contact DR DAVID FLETCHER with

following details below:

1. Your full names,telephone, contact address
2. quote your Ticket number in any correspondences with us or

our
designated
agent.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate

the
release of
your funds as soon as you contact him.

The Lottery is strongly committed to maintaining the privacy

of personal information that is gathered from the use of its

web site and web services.The following statement discloses

the Lottery's privacy policy and its information

gathering/dissemination practices.The Lottery will not

release personal information to third parties except where it

is already
provided by law. Depending on the specific nature of the

service, information may be
shared with other state agencies as stated in the Open

Records Act.This statute allows for the exchange of public

records or sharing of information between public agencies

when the exchange is serving a legitimate governmental need

or is necessary in the performance of a legitimate government

function. E-mail addresses or other information that is

obtained as a result of interacting with the Colorado Lottery

web site will be used for the benefit of the Lottery and

will not be sold to third party companies except as required

by the Open
Records Act.
The Lottery will not share personal information with any

private party,except as required by the Open Records Act.You

can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-

http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/unclaimedP

rizes.jsp

http://www.missingcash.co.uk/

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL

LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Stella Ellis(Mrs)
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL EMAIL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners

will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this

mail. Contact your claims agent with your full names,address

,telephone and fax numbers for processing of your prize.This

message and any attachment are confidential and may be

privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure If you are

not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the

sender and delete this message and any attachment from your

system.If you are not the intended recipient you must not

copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to

any other person.

Anti-fraud resources:

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