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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: "Award Winning Notification" <notification@uknl-winnings.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:51:24 +0000
Subject: ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
3b Olympic Way, Sextons Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool, L30 1RD
Tel: 447031942002

REF NO: UKN-L/200-26937
BATCH: 2005MJL-01

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:


Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY program held on 27th of August 2005 to winning number
23-05-2005-02UKNL, with serial number S/N-00168 drew the lucky numbers
887-13-865-37-10-83, and consequently won in the first lottery category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of GBP 500,000,00
Pounds (five hundred thousand pounds) in cash credited to file REF NO:
UKNL-L/200-26937 The Sum total prize money of GBP 70,000,000.00) Pounds, to
be shared among the Hundred and forty (140) Lucky international winners in
this category. All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer
ballot system drawn form 21,000 names, 3,000 names from each continent, as
part of International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program and the Lucky winner's
happened to be online during the ballot program, which is conducted once in
every four years for our prominent MS WORD user all over the world, and for
the continues use of E-mail.Your fund has been deposited in an escrow
account with our affiliate Bank here in UK, and insured with your REF NO:
UKNL-L/200-26937 and your E-mail address, Please note that, you are to
contact us via email as we are promoting the use of E-mail, You have the
right to call the bank, as we will provide you with the necessary details on
how to claim your Prize. You are to keep your Ref. number and batch number
from the public, until it has been processed and your money remitted to your
personal account.We hope with your prize, you will be happy to promote the
use of E-mail. To claim your winning prize, you must contact the claims
department by email for processing and remittance of your prize money to
you. Your assigned
claims officer contact email is:

Name: William McGill
E-mail: williamcgills@atmail.com
He is to help you in claiming your due prize. Remember, all prize money must
be claimed not laterthan the 8th of September 2005 All funds not claimed on
or before the fixed date will be remitted to the U.K National Lottery
Bursary for the next Ballot Program.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences
with your claims officer.Any winner below the age of 18years is
automatically disqualified.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Monica Lopez
For UK NATIONAL LOTTERY;

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