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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: "Mrs. Fabiola Angel" <combo_angel@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: meglofin_amadeo@ozu.es
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 13:48:42 +0100
Subject: Winning Notification

Dear Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the EL COMBO LOTO International programs held on the 4th of May, 2005.Your e-mail address attached to ticket 00100 number with serial number 056-064-402-75051 drew lucky numbers 4-1-5-0-5-7-2-4 which consequently won in the 3rd category,This automatically qualifies you to receive a lump sum pay out of €620.000.00(six hundred and twenty thousand Euros.) Which is the winning amount for the 3rd category.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 68,000 companies and 80,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This international promotional program takes place twice in every years.

TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM,CONTACT YOUR OFFICIAL ASSIGNED CLAIMS AGENT
RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR FILE.
Dr. Amadeo Davis
Phone: 00 34 657 469 109
Email: meglofin_amadeo@ozu.es

All winning must be claimed not later than 10th of July 2005.After this date all unclaimed funds will be return to the lotto organization.ln order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, Do remember to quote your reference number and batch number in all correspondence.

N/B: keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming which will disqualified Your claim.Note that your claim agent will be paid 2% of the winning amount as processing fee.Congratulations
from members of our staff and thank you for being successful
in our lnternational lottery promotional program.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs. Fabiola Angel
Lottery Coordinator

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