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

Fraud email example:

From: "Richard Lloyd" <primelottoint05@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:33:02 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

 

 

PRIME LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY PROMOTION
Customer Service
17-19 cole Street,
baines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.
Ref: PLI/4080318306/04
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Tel:+447_0319_47692 
                               

 

                                    WINNING  NOTIFICATION:
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of winners of the International Prime Lottery promotion held on the 28th of October,2005 in AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:5368/02 with Serial number:56475600545 188 drew the winning numbers:19-6-26-17-35-7, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $2,500,000.00 (Two million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of US $ 2.5 Million dollars, shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.

 

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer

draw system and extracted from over 100,000companies.This promotion takes place annually.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 $2,500,000.00 (Two million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by our payment office.Our 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 by some unscrupulous elements.Please be warned.To file for your claim,

 

please contact our fiduciary agent: BARRISTER WILLIAMS LIAD

 Email:barrister_liadwilliams@yahoo.co.uk

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.Fax Number:........................................................................
11.Draw Number above:..........................................................
12.company/brief description:................................................
13.Annual Income:....................................................................

 

For due processing and remittance of your prize money NOTE you must contact your claims officer not later than 2 (two) weeks after this date, all funds will be
returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to BARRISTER WILLIAMS LIAD,by email,should have this email sent along with it and also, your email address to which this email is sent, should be clearly and boldly written in
your response.

 

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference number in every one of your
correspondences with your officer. Furthermore, should there be any
change of your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as
possible.

NOTE: Anybody under the age of 18! is automatically disqualified..
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

 

Yours Sincerely,
MRS.JAMES MICHAEL
The Director Promotions,
Prime Lottery International

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