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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a fake lottery scam (8 typical phrases found).
  

Fraud email example:

From: West Raul <overseas_lottery@atmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 04:58:02 +0000
Subject: LOTTERY

INTERNATIONAL SPAIN.
OFFICE: C/ LECEAGA,
7 -2  48002 BILBOA SPAIN.
 
 
            REF NUMBER;OSL/653/029/05
            BATCH NUMBER;AT-040-SB06-05
 
                 CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 
Dear Sir/Madam,
 
We are pleased to inform you, that as a result of
our recent lottery draws held on 11th May 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 1,000,000(EUROS)(ONE MILLION EUROS)
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 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 US$50 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 25 YEARS OF AGE.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. S. Christiana

NB:(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)
Clearance Officer-Details below
Name :Mr Raul West
Email:overseas_lottery@atmail.com

 

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