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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: "SUZANNE DAVIES" <suzandavies@wazzoomail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jonesoffice@wazzoomail.com
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:20:29 +0100
Subject: FINAL NOTIFICATION( AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY)

AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY- RE: FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

REFERENCE NUMBER: 1072896743AS
BATCH NO: 443/04

CONGRATULATIONS

We are pleased to inform you of the recent result of AUSTRALIAN
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY held on 12 September 2004. Your name attached
ticket number 27O-05896703-254 with serial number 51850-0 and track number 01-4110
drew the lucky numbers 03-07-22-27-31-39 which consequently won the
lottery in the 3 category. We have written to you before and as such this is our last and final
notice to you.
You have therefore been approved for the lump sum payout of USD$ 850,000.00
( EIGHT HUNDRED & FIFTY THOUSAND, DOLLARS ONLY) In cash credited to file

number EML/519160823/55.This is from the total cash prize of
8,745,160.00(EIGHT MILLION,SEVEN HUNDRED AND FOURTY FIVE THOUSAND,ONE
HUNDRED AND SIXTY EUROS ONLY, Shared among twenty international winners
in this category.
Your fund is now deposited with a Fiduciary Agent insured in your name.
Due to mixed numbers and names in this office, we ask that you keep this
award secure until your claims have been processed and your fund
remitted to your designated account. This is our security protocol to avoid
double claims because people use this advantage to claim funds meant for other
beneficiaries. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 55,000 names from Asia, Australia, Middle East, Europe,
United States of America, Canada, South-America Africa As part of our
international promotions program which we conduct once every two years.
We hope that with part of your prize, you will take part in our end of
the year high stakes international lottery programme.


To begin your lottery claim please contact our UK bonded paying agent,
H.M JONES (Finance & Credits) UK.:EMAIL: jonesoffice@wazzoomail.com for necessary assistance as regards to your claim and final release of the prize money to your designated bank account.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 15th October, 2004.
After this date, the prize award will be returned to the AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY. Be informed that 5% of your lottery
winning belongs to charity organisation. This 5% will be remitted after
you have received your winning prize. As is the law in this company,
no institution/person has right to remove/deduct money out of the total
sum won till it gets to the beneficiary.
Please call your agent when you receive this letter. Please quote your reference and batch numbers when filing your cliam.
Congratulations on behalf of our management.

SUSAN DAVIES
PROMOTION MANAGER

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