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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. Zhongxun Zheng" <thunderballlottery@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 08:09:10 +0000
Subject: thunderball lottery winnings

The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL
United Kingdom.
Ref: EAASL/9410Y0/02
Batch: 12/25/dc34
WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#524) of the THUNDERBALL WINNINGS
under the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International Program
held on Saturday 21st May 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 524 75600545-288 with
Serial number 56475600545188 drew the lucky number: 37-13-34-85-56-42 which
subsequently won the Thunderball Jackpot prize. You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of £250,000 (Two hundred and fifty
thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file EAASL/9410Y0/02 of
Thunderball Jackpot.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online.This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon. In view of this, your £250,000 would be released to you by any
of our
payment offices in Europe.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
DALE MARTIN
Attorney at Law
Email:dalemartins@thunderballlottery.ws
304 West Jefferson Street,
Aberdeen, MS 39730
That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant
documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required to
show an instrument of identification when cashing your cheque i.e.
Drivers
license or International passport.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to
you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part
of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program. Please be warned.
Good luck from me and members of staff of the THUNDERBALL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Zhongxun Zheng(MRS).
Online Co-ordinator for THUNDERBALL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International

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