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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: "derby lotto" <derby_lotto@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 01:51:03 +0000
Subject: Prize Notification

DERBYLOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL
UK OFFICE
SUITE 23-30,LION TOWERS
CENTRAL LONDON
ENGLAND
www.freelotto.com

Dear Winner,

On the behalf of DERBYLOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL OF UNITED KINGDOM, I

wish to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the FreeLotto

draw held on the 22nd June 2005. All 10 winning addresses were randomly

selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails.Your email

address emerged alongside 9 others as a 2nd category winner in this

year's Annual FreeLotto Draw.

Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of

£1,500,000 (One million five hundred thousand GBP only). The following

particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) Email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) Lotto code number: FL09622UK
(iv) The file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK

Note that the DERBYLOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL will remit prize payout to

only winners who officially file in for their prize claims. You are to

choose one out of the listed option by which you want your prize

remitted to you:
(1) A certified Cheque will be issued in your name and couriered to

your resident address.
(2) Traveling to our office in London for personal collection of

winning prize.
Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for

the immediate release of your winnings:

PRINCIPAL CONSULT
14 BRIDGE ROAD
STOKESLEY
MIDDLESBOROUGH
CLEVELAND
TS9 5AA
UNITED KINGDOM
TEL: +44-704-012-5890
TEL: +44-704-011-0522
FAX: +44-703-040-3351
FAX: +44-870-912-1633
EMAIL: prize-claims@excite.com


Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
GROUP PRESIDENT - DLG

This email notification is auto-generated its contents are valid for

only two weeks and it is unmonitored so do not reply.
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Anti-fraud resources:

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