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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: "Woolley Andrew" <woolley_andrew@msn.com>
Reply-To: woolleyar1@excite.com
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:14:10 +0000
Subject: Customer Service Dept


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 draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on 12th of December, 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:4-6-9-12-15-40 (bonus
no.25), 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
£3,987,470(Three million nine hundred and eighty seven thousand,four hundred
and seventy pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £15,949,880 shared amongst the(4)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 £3,987,470 (Three million nine hundred and eighty seven
thousand,four hundred and seventy 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:
Andrew Woolley (Dr)

Official Email: woolleyand@excite.com

Endeavour to email hem your full names,winning numbers, email
address,telephone and fax numbers immediately. You can go to our online
result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize
breakdown:- Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL
LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Rose Wood (Mrs)

Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

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