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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: "online lotto" <onlinelotteryshow@onlinenotifications-aug-sep2005.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:27:41 +0000
Subject: Attn:{FINAL NOTIFICATION}{UK LOTTERY OFFICE}


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 results of draw (#1025) of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday
October 20th, 2005. It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the FINAL
NOTIFICATION as regards this.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 05-07-13-15-19-45 (bonus
no.38),
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 £1,000,000
(one million pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £6,000,000 shared amongst the (6) 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 £1,000,000 (one million pounds sterling) will 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 her.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 fiduciary agent:

Elizabeth Wallace (Mrs)

Official Email: onlineclaimagent@yahoo.co.uk

online Mercy verifications department{24hrs helpline}{lines open from
25/09/05}

+447031968098
+447031968099
+447031968104

You can go to our online result site or our Verifications office to
confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-

http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/prizes/prizeAction.do

Congratulations on behalf of THE UK LOTTERY BOARD.

Yours faithfully,
Richard K Llyod (Mr)

Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

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