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

Fraud email example:

From: "online Notification" <uknationallotterycompanyoffice@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:41:58 +0000
Subject: Your email has won £980,840

The U.K. National Lottery                                                                           P.O.Box 1010                                                                             Liverpool                                                                             L70 1NL.    Ref: UKPC/9080144308/05  Batch: R3/A312-59a    WINNING NOTIFICATION    We happily announce to you the draw (Draw #1024) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,  online Sweepstakes International Program held on WEDNESDAY 7th December. 2005.   Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 75604545 188 with  Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:01,14,20,22,31,42 & bonus 09.  Which subsequently won you one of the lucky dip prizes. You have therefore  been approved to claim a total sum of £980,840 (Nine Hundred and Eighty  Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Great British Pounds ) in cash credited to  file UKPC/9080144308/05. This is from a total cash prize of £ 47,305,800  (Forty Seven Million Three Hundred and Five Thousand Eight Hundred Great  British Pounds), shared amongst the Twenty (20) lucky winners in this  category.    LOTTO PRIZE BREAKDOWN    Draw 1024 Wed 7th Dec 05. Your Prize Money £980,840.00    NUMBER OF MATCHES. No OF WINNERS.  £s PER WINNER.       TOTAL  Match 6            1             £5,254,612     £5,254,612    Match 5 plus bonus 20             £980,840        £19,616,800  Match 5            576             £11,754         £6,770,304  Match 4            33686           £465            £15,663,990  Match 3            604272          £10             £6,042,706  Totals             638555                          £47,305,706    All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the  World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over  100,000 unions, associations, companies and corporate bodies that are listed  online.    Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro-American  booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your lucky coupon.  In view of this, your{ £980,840} would be released to you by First National  Bank of South Africa.    Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the  release of your funds as soon as you contact him. 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 immediately via  email:    Dr.Brian Anderson  Foreign Service Manager  Overseas Subscribers Agents  Freedom Park Building Unit 1441  Johannesburg (Gauteng) 2001  South Africa  Tel: + 27-83-338-6953  E-mail -: drbrian_claimsagent2@yahoo.co.uk    Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 30days from the date of draw. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote  your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated  agents or us.  Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that has successfully won this competition. Thank you for being part  of our promotional lottery Program.    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 !!!    Once again congratulations from the entire staff of the U.K NATIONAL  LOTTERY.    Warm regards,  Mrs. Teresa. Roberts.  Online Coordinator for the U.K. National Lottery.   Brian Hutton. Controller   ©  Copyright 1994-2005 The U.K. National Lottery Inc.

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