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

Fraud email example:

From: "uk lotto lotto" <uk_lotto101@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:43:59 -0600
Subject: REF: 6376438711,7151085135DG

             

                                                                 

                                                              

                                 UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY

                                    MERSEYWORLD  GROUP INC   

                                     NOTIFICATION DEPARTMENT
REF: 6376438711

BATCH:7151085135DG

CODE:00043_261

http://lottery.merseyworld.com/

uk_lotto_inc@hotmail.com

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear Lottery Winner,

  

We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY, online promo International program held on 12th of Nov, 2005 Your e-mail address attached to Batch number: 7151085135DG with  Reference number 6376438711 drew the lucky numbers: (13)-(43)-(06)-(15)-(02)-(40)bonus # (09).Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,500,000 (One Million five hundred thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

   This is from a total cash prize of £15,000,000 shared amongst the first ten ( 15 ) lucky winners in this category 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 twice a year,****Your email lottery ticket was paid for by your internat site providers.

  Your £1,500,000 (One Million five hundred thousand pounds sterling is presently deposited at Excite Trust finance Inc,one of the top finance houses here in England.

  However if you re not a British citizen or a United kingdom resident,you ll ve to pay the mandatory Accessing fees,
***£500 before the Lottery cash ll be remitted to you,as imposed by the BRITISH LOTTERY BOARD.(pls view our  lottery confirmation website http://lottery.merseyworld.com/)

warning"""

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your Lottery 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. Please be warned...

PLEASE NOTE.

Please contact U:K LOTTERY FUNDDESK listed below for a claim form,which you re suppose to fill out and email back to us,so that we can notify our  finance house,and your funds ll be activated for onward transfer to you.
U:K LOTTERY FUNDDESK.
MR NEWTON MOORE
Address:King Reach House,stamford st,

London,SW 3 EL 4
EMAIL:uk_lotto_funddesk@hotmail.com

 

We hope with part of your winnings,you ll participate in next year Summer £100,000,000,lottery,you ll be notified in due course.

                                                                              

VIEW PICTURES OF THE OUR LAST TEN  ONLINE WINNERS  FROM THE UK AND OTHER PARTS OF THE GLOBE  .         SINCERELY MRS ELIZABETH FERGUSON. P.R.O. U:K LOTTO BOARD

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