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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: "JACOBS FAY" <jaccbslott@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jacobs_lotto@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 11:12:16 +0530
Subject: REPLY NOW.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE LOTTO CHANCELLOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: XYL /26510460037/06
BATCH: 24/00319/IPS
RE-AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE
ATTENTION :
DEAR SIR/ MESSERS,
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,
14th July, 2005, of winners of the GRAND PREMIUM LOTTO
PROMO LOTTERY, THE NETHERLANDS/INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held
on 8th February, 2005.Your attached to ticket number
023-1111-790-450, with serial number 5073-15 drew the lucky
numbers 40-11-44-38-20-40, and consequently won the lottery
in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
$800,000USDollars in cash credited to file REF: XYL/26510460038/07.
This is from total prize money of $80,000,000.00MILLION USDollars
shared among the fifteen international winners in this
category. All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Australia,New
Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of
International Promotions Program, which is conducted
annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a Security company insured
in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names,
we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice
until your claim has been processed and your money remitted
to your account. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants
of this program. We hope with a part of you prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes $1.3 Billion
Dollars International Lottery. To begin your claim, please
contact ;
THE WINNING TEAM :
twinningteam@yahoo.co.uk

For due processing and remittance of your prize(money) to a
designated account of your choice. Remember, all prizes
(money) must be claimed not later than 30th July, 2005
After this date,all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay and
complication, please remember to quote your reference and
batch numbers in every one of your correspondence with
your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform your claim agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all our staffs and thank you for
being part of our promotion program.
Sincerely,
JACOBS FAY,
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,JACOFAY LOTTO PROMO
LOTTERY,THE NETHERLANDS.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification.
JACOBS FAY.




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