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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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• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: "UK LOTTERY" <uklotterypromowinning1@msn.com>
Reply-To: anitabrown001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:56:10 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!

                                                                                   

 

UKONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK. GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!! UKONLINE?INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF; (Registration Z720633X).

National Lottery           
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X/05 
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

                         

                        

      

 

                                      WINNING NOTIFICATION         
We happily announce to you the draw (#966) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 7th Jenuary ,2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 5647560054 188 with Serial number 5368/02 jack pot lotto winners drew the lucky numbers:(-08-14-19-28-29-)(06-)"bonus no 06. 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  £3,000,000(Three million pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03 in a total sum of 15,000,000.  lotto jackpot shared amongst the  first Five (5) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 6 with percentage  32.9%  .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  £3,000,000 (Three Million pounds sterlings) would be released to you by any of ourpayment offices in Europe.

 

Our European 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 claims is processed and your moneyremitted 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 fiduciaryagent:

 

Mr, Colin Terry,

Email:colinterry@walla.com                                             CONGRATULATIONS  from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Bill Logie.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
NATIONAL LOTTERY

 

Bill Logie

uk online cordinator

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