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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. Susan morgan" <lotto2005@srp.ac.th>
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 20:53:12 +0700
Subject: winning notification

Dear,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been selected as one of the winners of the Canadian Charity Lottery (CCL) held on the 10th july, 2005. All participants were selected through a computerized balloting system drawn from 9,660,000 email addresses of internet users from Middle East, Asia, Africa, South America, Europe , North America and Oceania as part of our international promotions program, which is conducted every quarter.
Your email address attached to ticket number 254-6211-1548-643; with serial number 9981-57 drew the lucky numbers 11-21-53-00-17-92, and consequently won the lottery in category “A”. Therefore, you have been approved for a lump sum pay out of CD688,477.00(six hundred and eighty eight thousand four hundred and seventy seven Canadian Dollars only). This is from a total prize money of CD4,065,431.00(four million, sixty five thousand, four hundred and thirty one Canadian Dollars only) shared among 43 winners in this category.
Your fund is now deposited with Canada Imperial Bank of Commerce, awaiting disbursement as soon as your claim procedure is concluded. To avoid 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. To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent immediately:
JEAN TRICHARD
1-888-211-9016
jeantrichard@excite.com

please do call him and also send him email including your informations for claims.


For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice, you must contact your claim agent, not later than 7(seven) days upon receipt of this notification. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
Note: in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers when contacting your claim again.
Restriction: All our staff and anybody under 18 years.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Susan morgan.
Promotion Manager
Canadian Charity Lottery (CCL).

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