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

Fraud email example:

From: "IRISH DRAW" <irishlottery01@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:49:32 +0000
Subject: IRISH GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED

 

IRISH GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED
IRISH WEB LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF
(Registration Z720633X).

 

The Irish Lottery

47 Meadow Vales,

Sligo, Ireland.

Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05

Batch: R3/A312-59

 

We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the IRISH LOTTERY PROGRAMME

online Sweepstakes International Program held on 9 November 2005.

 

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/05

drew the lucky number: 22 which subsequently won the LOTTO PLUS 1 prize.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000.000 Euros (One Million

Euros) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/05 of Irish Lottery.

 

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web

through a computer draw system and extracted from over100,000 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  1,000,000.000

Euros would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe(UK). 

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

 

Agent David Jones

Email:  davidjones_70@excite.com

 

That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be

prepared for you. Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than One month. After

this date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed. In order to avoid

unnecessary delays and complications, please endeavor to quote your Reference

Number(LSUK/2031/8161/05) and Batch Number (R3/A312-59) in every correspondence with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

 

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.

Good luck from me and members of staff of the IRISH LOTTERY.

 

Yours faithfully,

MR BRAIN HUNT.

 

Online coordinator for IRISH LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKE PROGRAMME 2005.

 

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