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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 lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  

Fraud email example:

From: "UK PROMOTIONS" <ukendofyearpromo@msn.com>
Reply-To: gregcarter112@msn.com
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:19:19 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION:

 INTERLOTTO [UK] LIMITED

    ONLINE VERSION-CATEGORY A

Host Europe House
Kendal Avenue
London, W3 OXP

 

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

InterLotto {UK} Limited wishes to inform you of the last quarterly draws and results of the 2005 International online version. Prospective winners and participants in this category are identified by their email addresses, selected through a computer email ballot selection and extracted from websites of corporate bodies, individual email account domains, unions and associations listed online. No tickets were sold in this category.

 

The computer email ballot selection randomly selected and attached your email address to the winning numbers  and bonus ball . You have therefore been approved by the Lottery Executive Committee to claim a total sum of £600,000 {Six hundred thousand Pound sterlings}together with a category A Lottery Payment - Treasury Certificate.

 

All Lottery winnings must be claimed not later than 31 days after acknowledgement via email. Prize money unclaimed after the expiration of this date will be returned to the Lottery Treasury Department and included in the next draws. For more information on claims process pertinent to the award of your Lottery winnings, contact our contracted Fiduciary agent: Mr.Greogory Carter
Fiduciary Agent.

E-mail: gregcarter112@msn.com
Phone: +44-7031940976

 

Congratulations on behalf of our staff and executives of InterLotto {UK} Limited.

 

Yours Sincerely,

 

Lord Mancroft
LOTTERY/PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR

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