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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: coordinator <plcoord_uk@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 25 Jan 2005 22:36:54 -0000
Subject: Result For promotional lottery Draw.

Dear Winner,

RESULTS FOR PROMOTIONAL DRAW

PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY U.K. wishes to officially inform you of your having
emerged winner under our Cash 5 Games Draws, which is part of our
promotional draws. You emerged winner through a computer ballot system drawn
from 4,000,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from email
account providers database all over the world as part of our International
Promotions Program.

Your Lottery Claim is attached to ticket number 444-33-20, serial number
178-40, and drew the lucky numbers 05 61 20 05 71 81 (44) to emerge one of
the Cash 5 winners.

You have consequently been awarded a pay out sum of £4,800,000.00 (Four
Million Eight Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) in cash, which is the
winning payout for cash 5 winners. This is from the total prize money of
£9,600,000.00 shared between 2 international winners in the category where
you happen to be one of the winner.

Your fund is now insured in your name. In your best interest and also to
avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we dearly advise that you
keep the entire winning details i.e. serial number, lucky number etc. from
public notice, This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by non participants of this program.

You therefore are to contact your claims agent by email/fax within a week of
receiving this notice. Contact your claim agent with contact information
below by email/fax to begin processing and remittance of your prize money to
your designated account of choice.

Mr. Gary Blackwell

WORLD WIDE CASH CHANGE LTD

Foreign Service Number: +88216 4665 5376

FAX: +44 2075043761

EMAIL: foreignservicedirector5@world-widecashchange.net

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, Find below your reference
number, remember to quote this numbers in every one of your correspondence
with your claims agent/Company.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PL44125645

Ticket number: 444-33-20,

Serial number: 178-40,

Lucky numbers: 05 61 20 05 71 81 (44)

Truly Yours,

LOTTERY COORDINATOR

PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY U.K

73 BELGRAVE ROAD

LONDON, ENGLAND.

SW1V 2BB

UNITED KINGDOM

TEL: +442070601803

FAX: +447092861175

N.B

You do not need to reply to this Email. Simply Contact your claims agent.

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