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

Fraud email example:

From: "SANDRA ANKOH" <sandraankoh12@msn.com>
Reply-To: sandraama777@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:28:51 +0000
Subject: CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT SOON

                                                

THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY UK
THE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
BARNBY WORLDWIDE BUSINESS INFORMATION
9 LEAPAL ROAD, GUILDFORD, SURREY, GU1 4JX
LONDON
PHONE:+447031909736
FAX:+447031919942 
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Ref: XYL /26510460037/05
Batch: 24/00319/IPD

Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw (#1024) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 15th  october 2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:

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 £78,502 ( Seventy eight thausand five hundred and two Pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file XYL /26510460037/05 .

This is from a total cash prize of  £1,334,534 (One Million three Hundred and thirty four thausand, five hundred and thirty four Pounds Sterlings.) shared amongst the (17) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version 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.

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 £78,502 ( Seventy eight thausand five hundred and two Pounds Sterlings)  would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our European 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 claim 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 our claims agent:

Overseas Claims Unit
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
MR.JEO WILLIAMS.
Email: jeo_williams@myway.com   or  jeo_williams@uk2.net 

Tel:+447031909736

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish
contact via e-mail with the particulars presented above citing the batch
and reference numbers to this letter.

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so
desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems
associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

 

Sandra Ankoh

Online co-ordinator for UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,

You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also
get a prize breakdown:-
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

An Eynsham mother scooped a Lotto jackpot fortune of £2,372,694 on Wednesday 17th August, thanks to her dedicated grandparents.

                                
         Yours faithfully, 
         SANDRA ANKOH. 
         Online coordinator 
         UK NATIONAL LOTTERY  
         Open 7 days 7am-7pm.                                                                  

         

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