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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: "Information Department" <informationn01@msn.com>
Reply-To: waikuenm@aim.com
Date: 21 Nov 2005 18:10:02 -0800
Subject:

WINNING NOTIFICATION
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 02:10:02 +0000
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed

The National Lottery
P.O. Box 1010 Liverpool
L70 1NL United Kingdom.
Ref:SGIL/763276/03
Batch:074/05/ZY3



WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw (#986) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International Program held on Saturday 15 October 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 5647600545188 with Serial
number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers: 06-08-13-15-21-40-35 which
subsequently won you one of the Five Jackpot prizes(match 5 plus
bonus).

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £980,846 in cash
credited to file SGIL/763276/03.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 10,000
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 £980,846 would be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe.
To file for your claim, please contact our Fiduciary Officer:

Mr.Ken B. Brown
Email: ukprize_claimdepartment@yahoo.co.uk
He will be in the best position to prepare your Winnings Certificate and all
other relevant documents/paperwork You would be required to show an
instrument of identification when cashing your cheque i.e. Drivers license
or International passport. 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.

you can visit our web site www.lottery.co.uk

Good luck from me and members of staff of the U.K

Yours faithfully,
Blair Long.
Online Co-ordinator for U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program

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