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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: newcastlelotto@zwallet.com
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:18:09 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS======CONGRATULATIONS=====CONGRATULATIONS.

NEWCASTLE LOTERIJ
# 33 EMMARENTA AVENUE
RANDBURG-JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.
FILE REFERENCE NO: NCL/2005/009.
RE:INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION AWARD NOTIFICATION.
UPON THE REALEASE OF THE NEWCASTLE LOTTERY RESULT,
WE wish to congratulate you over your success in our
computer balloting sweepstake held on the 10TH OF APRIL 2005.
This is a millennium scientific computer game in which
email addresses were used. It is a promotional program
aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do
not need to buy ticket to enter for it. However, your
email address was attached to SWEEPSTAKE NUMBER:
NCL/2005/05/07 AND TAG CODE :NCL/721499/05,
which eventually won the lottery in
the first category of the draws.IF YOU CAREFULLY
FOLLOW THE PRIZE CLAIM PROCESS THIS HAS IRREVOCABLY
ENTITLED YOU TO A CASH AWARD OF US$ 1, 500,000.00
(ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS). This is from total
PULL OF prize money of US$30,000,000.00 distributed to winners
from 1st to 3rd categories.
Note that this program was largely promoted and
sponsored by a group of philanthropist, industrialists
from the internet ware industry and some other big
multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.
To ACTUALISE your claim, please contact the claims
coordinator CHICCO BULANI WITH THE FOLLOWING :1.YOUR FULL NAMES 2.ADDRESS 3
3.PHONE OR FAX NUMBERS 4.TAG CODE 5.SWEEPSTAKE NUMBER
6.AGE 7.OCCUPATION.
CHICCO BULANI
Email address:chiccobulani@zwallet.com
TEL: +27-732-026-253(ENTER YOUR AREA CODE FOLLOWED BY THIS NUMBER)
Yours Faithfully,
For: NEWCASTLE LOTTERY

MRS. CASSANDRA WILLIAMS(DIRECTOR OF PROMO).

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