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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: "UKNATIONALLOTTERY UKNATIONALLOTTERY" <uk_nlp@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ukfiduciaryagency@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 02:10:56 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

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 (#998) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on saturday 27th
of
August, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:2-3-21-24-38-44(bonus no. 47), 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 £1.8million(1 million eight hundred
thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to
fileKTU/9023118308/03.This
is from a total cash prize of £7.3million shared amongst seven (7) 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 £1.8million(1 million eight hundred thousand pounds
sterling) 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 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 our fiduciary agent office:

NATIONAL LOTTERY COMPANY
FIDUCIARY AGENT DIRECTOR
Mr. Clement Eastwood
Email: ukfiduciaryagency@yahoo.co.uk


Goodluck from members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.


Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
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