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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: "Richard Harps" <rich_harps@nationauklworlds.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:52:33 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

The National Lottery
P.O. Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL
United Kingdom.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59
ANNOUNCEMENT:
We happily announce to you the draw (#1003) of the UK
NATIONAL ONLINE
RAFFLE
DRAW held on Wednesday 14th September 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545
188 with
Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 02,10,30,36,37,43,29
which
subsequently won you one of the three Rollover prizes. You
have
therefore
been approved to claim a total sum of £2,136,568 (Two
Million,one
hundred and thirty- six Thousand, five-hundred and sixty
eight Pounds
Sterling) in
cash credited
to
file KTU/9023118308/03.
All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from the
World Wide Web through a 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 £2,136,568 would be released to you by any of our
payment
offices
in Europe.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr Jerry Peters
Email:jerry_nuk@hotmail.com
Tel: +44-703-184-4327(working hours only)
Fax: +44-208-181-6289
Provide him with the information below:
1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Mobile/Cell Phone Number:
11.Fax Number:
12.Email Address:
13.Draw Number above: 1003
That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant
documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be
required to
show
an instrument of identification when claiming your winnings.
For precautionary measures, 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
Policy
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program. Please
be
warned.
Good luck from me and members of staff of the U.K NATIONAL
ONLINE
RAFFLE
DRAWS.
Yours faithfully,
Richard Harps.
Online Co-ordinator for U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes
International
Program.

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