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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: pricewater_inc@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:25:10 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOU=20ARE=20A=20WINNER=21=21=21?=

Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
580 N. Tenth Street, CA 85914
Pricewater Sweepstake Lottery(P.S.L.)
an Affiliate of PRICEWATER INC.
Arena Complex Km 18 Route de Rufisque
I.P.P Award Dept.
johannesburg, south africa.
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02
Batch: 12/25/DC34
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro - Afro
Asian Sweepstake Lottery International programs
held on the 5th of january 2005 in Johannesburg,South
Africa.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
12-25-27-32-37-49(28), 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 US$2,500,000.00 (Two million Five Hundred Thousand
United States
Dollars) in cash credited to file
KPC/9080118308/02.
This is from a total cash prize shared amongst the
two (2) Jackpot lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus
bonus.
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 #3,293,591 (Three
million,two hundred and ninty three Thousand and five Hundred and
ninty-one pounds sterling)
would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary
agent:
Mr Jody Church
Email:jody_q_church@excite.com

Provide him with the information below:
1. Name
2. Address
3. Occupation
4. Marital status
5. Age
6. Country(Present Location)
7. Nationality
8. Telephone and Fax numbers.
9. sex
That way your winnings certificate and all other relevant
documents/paperwork can be prepared for you.
You would be required to show an instrument of identification when
cashing your cheque.i.e.drivers license or
international passport.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims is processed and
your
money remitted 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.
You can go to our online result site to confirm the
value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-

Goodluck from me and Thank you for being part of our
promotional lottery program.

Yours faithfully,
SIR H.J.PONFA.
P.S.L.Coordinator.
N.B: Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your
Claims agent immediately.
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property
of Kmart Corporation (Kmart) and may contain confidential and
proprietary information. You are hereby notified that any disclosure,
copying,
or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on
information contained herein is strictly prohibited. Unauthorized use
of
information contained herein may subject you to civil and criminal
prosecution and penalties. If you are not the intended recipient, you
should delete this message immediately.






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