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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: "MEGA LOTTO" <megalottery@z6.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:58:49 +0400
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!


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 (#986) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Sat 05 of Jun
, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:06 08 13 15 21 40 (bonus no.35), 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 £67,728 (Sixty seven thousand, seven hundred and twenty
eight pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03 in oversea finance security company (UAE).This is from a total cash prize of £1,625,472 shared amongst the (24) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus.

All participants 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/monthly/yearly as the case may be.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Mid.East representative office in UAE. In view of this, your £67,728 (Sixty seven thousand, seven
hundred and twenty eight pounds sterling) would be released to you as soon as you are ready to claim your prize.

Your 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 your fiduciary agent:

MR.WIMFREY MART.
Plot 34b Al Maktoum Road,
UAE.
Email: (wimfrey_agent@yahoo.co.uk)

Good luck from my office.

Yours faithfully,
For: NATIONAL LOTTERY
Milton More.
Coordinator
Sweepstakes International Program.
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