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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: winninglottery_agent2005@web2mail.com
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:21:38 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON

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OVERSEAS/ AFRO EURO STAKES LOTTERY

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANISATIONS.

OFFICE: 8-10, FREE TOWN AVE,

PLOT: 328 MADRID SPAIN.

Email:winninglottery_agent@fastermail.com

REF NUMBER;OSL/653/029/03

BATCH NUMBER;AT-040-SB06-03



CONGRATULATIONS!!!



ATTENTION.



We are pleased to inform you, that as a result of our recent lottery

draws

held on 1st January 2005.Your email address attached to ticket number

27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky number

7-14-18-23-31-45 which consequently won 2nd category.



You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of

US$2,500,000.00(UNITED STATES DOLLARS)



Note:



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, Multi Choice,echina site and other corperate

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

informations 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 programe by some particitants.



We look forward to your active participant in our next year USD50

Million

slot.



You are requested to contact our clearance officer below to assist you

with

your winning and subsequent payments.All winning must be claim not

later

than one month After the date of this notice.



Please note,in order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications

remember

to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all

correspondence.



Furthermore,should there be any change of addresses 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 20 YEARS OF

AGE.



Sincerely yours



FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONS CONTACT.

NAME : MRS CARO SMITH

Email:winninglottery_agent@fastermail.com

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