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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: lanjustice@handbag.com
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 17:06:01 -0800
Subject: Congratulation.........pls contact

FROM THE DECK OF: Sarah Skol(Ms)
PASTROPEZ LOTTERY
CONNECT ON LINE LOTTO SWEEPSTAKES,
UK.
REF NUMBER: OSL/741/029/04
BATCH NUMBER: AT-090-HB06-04



DEAR SIR/MADAM,

Congratulations,

The result of our recent Lottery DRAWS G342 HELD on the 5th of
October 2004 Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
28521415896-932 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky numbers 45~47~49,
which consequently won in the 2nd category.

We are pleased to inform you, that this program is sponsored by eminent
personalities and corporations like the Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc through
his Learning Foundation, Sultan of Brunei and other computer /internet related
corporate organisations such as Fujitsu Corp and De La Rue.

It is a promotional program to encourage the use of the internet and computers
worldwide, sponsored in collaboraton with Internet Gaming and Lottery Companies.

You have therefore upon confirmtion, won a Lottrey Jacpot worth a lump sum
of $500,000 (five hundred thousand United State dollars).
Participants in the CONNECT ON LINE 04 HOTPICKS LOTTO are selected
randomly for draws through a computer ballot system drawn from over
20,000 company URLS and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search
engines and web sites on the World Wide Web.

For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning information
confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted
to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and
unwarranted abuse of this program by participants. Upon receiving your claims
you automatically will qualify to actively participate in our BlowOut sweepstake
next year with a Jackpot Prize of US$1Million (One MillionUnited States
Dollars).

Accept your winning immedaitely for processing. Contact Mr. Steve Jackson
(sj_pastropezlottery@ukrpost.net) to assist you with the processing of your
claims for payments. All winnings must be accepted and acknowledged not
later than three weeks after the date of this notice.

Note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to
quote your reference ( OSL/741/029/04 and batch (090-HB06-04) numbers in
all correspondence.Should there be any change in your electronic address
inform us as soon as possible. Accept our sincere congratulations once more
and thank you for using the Internet and being part of our this program.

Sincerely yours,

Sarah Skol(Ms)
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)


NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 16 YEARS
OF AGE.



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