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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: UK LOTTERY DEPT <fudiciaryagent_jennifer@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:52:24 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Attention WINNER


Attention: WINNER,

We recieved your email, firstly we will say congratulation of being a winner of the ongoing uk national lottery online program. your email was selected online as one of our lucky winner of the sum of 550,000 great britain pounds, attached to Ref:UK/9420X2/68, Batch:074/05/ZY369, as a refence.

Your email was selected from a database of email, listed from around the global, and it was selected at random, picking your email as one so your emarge a lucky win.

Once again congratulations

Regards
Mrs Jennifer Williams.


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