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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: "Jack Harold" <jackharold@mswordpromotions.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 05:57:24 +0000
Subject: CLAIMS FORM

MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY DEPT.UK
PROMOTION OF E-MAILS DEPT.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1R
Tel: +44-704-0116-569
Fax: +44-870-1376-954

ATTN:WINNER sabrinavitkova@yahoo.com

This correspondence officially confirms that we are in receipt of
instructions relating to the payment of your lottery winnings of GBP One
million pounds,MICROSOFT WORD MEGA JACKPOT PROMO is a way of showing
appriciation to satisfy the cravings of the ever-growing number of in use of
our MS WORD.After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial
database of 300,000 emails and zoning all participants by their respective
continents from across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which
you have emerged as one of the winners of the Promotional Grand Draw prize.
Please complete the form below with correct information and email back to us
with a return email.
Looking forward to your urgent reply.

Yours Faithfully,
Jack Harold

THIS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE BENEFICIARY OF THE STATED FUND, FOR
VERIFICATION BEFORE TRANSFER.

BENEFICIARY FIRST NAME.................
BENEFICIARY LAST NAME..................
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS......................
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH...................
TEL. NUMBER......................
FAX NUMBER............................
EMAIL ADDRESS..................
NEXT OF KIN NAME AND ADDRESS.................
AMOUNT WON.............................
BATCH NUMBER.............................
REFERENCE Nº...........................
OCCUPATION.....................
MARITAL STATUS...................
DECLARATION:
I...............................................................HEREBY
DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE. IN CASE OF ANY UNFORSEEN CIRCUSTANCE,
MY NEXT OF KIN HAS THE RIGHT TO CLAIM MY TOTAL WINNINGS. (SUPER STANDARD
AGENT) SHALL ACT AS MY AGENT
IN FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL FUND TO ME.
DATE........................
(YOUR FULL NAMES).....................................................
.................................................................................................
This email and its attachments are confidential and intended for the
exclusive use of the addressee(s).This email and its attachments may also be
privileged or protected by legal rules. If you have received this by mistake
please let us know by reply immediately and destroy the email and its
attachments without reading, copying or forwarding the contents

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