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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: oldmutual@worldemail.com
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:35:10 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

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

Date: 14/07/2005,
Ref: 475061725,
Batch:7056490902/188,
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the
29th April 2005 from the swizertland International Lottery
program.

Your name and your e-mail was attached to ticket number;
475061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002 09/01/2004
This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42
bonus number 17, which consequently won the lottery in the
second category.

You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of EURO
E800,000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO) in cash credit
file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of EURO
E16, 000,000.00 shared
amongst sixteen lucky winners, based on different
categories.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting
system drawn form Nine hundred thousand names from
Canada,Switzerland,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.

Further more your name falls within our Africa
representative office in Johannesburg, South Africa. As
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of EURO
E800,000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO) will be released
to you from our regional office in Johannesburg, Republic
of South Africa.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;

Name: MR. EPHRAIM KOBINDI .
Mobile: +0027-82-547-5005.
Johannesburg Regional Office:
123 Rivonia Road, morningside, Sandton Jhb
South Africa.

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 all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually donated to charity.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!

Best Regards

MRS. ANNE COLSWEAT.
(Co-ordinator)

N.B. Anybody under the age of 18 cannot participate in this
programme and any breach of confidentiality on the part of
the winners will result to disqualification

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