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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: "Sandra Murphy" <sandra_murphy2003@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: peter_smithlottogent2005@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 10:56:39 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!! (NATIONAL LOTTO)

The National Lottery
Po box 1032
Liverpool
L70 1NL
UNITED KINGKOM

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF Nº: EGS/2251256003/02
BATCH Nº:14/0017/1PD
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE

National U.K Lottorey wishes to inform you the results
of the E-mail address ballot lottery international
program by Great Britain held on 28th October, 2005.
Your
email account have been picked as a winner of TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS ONLY.

This results is now released to you on 2nd November,
2005
and your email address attached in the A Category
bonus ball 19, 25, 32, 47, 48, 49, and bonus ball 28
to check your results online click on this link
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do
participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from Microsoft users from company and
individual email addresses users.

Be advice to keep your winning information
confidential until your claims has been processed and
your money remitted to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program,For the release of
your winning,kindly contact your claims agent in
British Lottery Head Quarters Mr.Peter Smith on tel
+447040106416 you are to quote your lucky number for
confirmation on your winning.

All winning must be claimed not later than 11th
Noverber,
2005. After this date all unclaimed funds will be
retured to European Union Treasury as unclaimed.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your reference
number in all correspondence.

You are therefore advised to give the following
informations to your claim's agent via email which is
petersmithlottoagent2005@yahoo.co.uk

1. Full name and address.
2. Country.
3. Tel and fax number.
4.Occupation.

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being
part of email account users program.
Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Peter Smith ,
Executive.(Euro Lottery Intern.)

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