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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: vwd_lotto@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 05:19:38 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATIONS=20YOU=20HAVE=20WON=20=21=21=21=21=21=21?=

FROM:
VIRTUAL WORLD DIRECT LOTTO
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
REF NUMBER: OSL/653/029/03
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06-03

DEAR SIR/MADAM,
We are pleased to inform you, THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR RECENT LotterY DRAWS
HELD on the 24TH OF FEBRUARY 2005.Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number 27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45
which consequently won in the 2nd category. you have therefore been approved
for a lump sum pay out of 4,000,000 (EUROS) (four MILLION EUROS) note that
All participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through
a computer ballot
system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email
addresses from all search engines and web sites. This promotional program
takes place every
year, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan
of Brunei, bill gates of microsoft inc and other corporate organisations.
this is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.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 some participants. We look
forward to your active participation in our next year USD50 million slot.You
are requested to contact our clearance officer below to assist you with
your winnings and subsequent payments. all winnings must be claimed not
later than two weeks after the date of this notice.
<info_vfs_lotto@k.ro>
Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember
to quote your reference number
and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore,should there be any
change of address do inform our agent as soon as
possible.Congratulations once more and thank you for being part
of our promotional program.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.
Sincerely yours,
Emma Cooban.
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)





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