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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: "Susan Davies" <lotteryboard1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: plzu_dr@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 09:24:06 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATION " YOUR LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AWARD DEPARTMENT CANADA.

Date: Mon/ 01/31/05,
Ref: MXE/061725/05, Batch:
TXC/6490902/188,
Winning No: Quot 3/4

CONGRATULATIONS

Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 31st January 2005 from the Canadian International Lottery program.

Your name "email address" was attached to ticket number: B/7056490902, serial number: 889002/01/03/2005. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 6, 5, 1, 4,6,2 bonus number 1, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of US$ 420,000.00 (FOUR HENDRED AND TWENNTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 474061720/05 from the total cash prize of US14, 000,000.00 shared amongst sixteen lucky winners, based on their category.

All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program, which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

Please do contact:

Dr. Paul Mullers (M.D).
OLD MUTUAL LOTTERY ORGANISATION.
Phone: + 27 73 162 9596.
Email: - plzu_dr@yahoo.com


OLD MUTUAL ORGANISATION
Mutual park Jan
Smuts Drive Pinelands,
Gauteng. 7405.
TEL/FAX: - + 27 866 536 563
website: - www.alblottery.wb.st

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full names and address to help locate your file easily.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed with a specified date;

otherwise YOUR PRIZE will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity. Congratulations once again on your winnings!

Best Regards
Susan Davies (coordinator).
www.canada.com

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