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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: "lottery office" <overseaslotteryoffice02@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:45:42 +0100
Subject: Lucky winner

OVERSEAS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
LONDON.12 BRIDGE STREET,
STAINES MIDDLESEX TW18 4TP UK
REF NUMBER: OSL/653/029/03
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06-03

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

We are pleased to inform you, THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR RECENT Lottery DRAWS
HELD on the 18th AUGUST. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky numbers
7-14-18-23-31-45, which consequently won in the 2nd category. You have
Therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000 (POUNDS) (ONE
MILLION POUNDS) note that 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. and other corporate organizations this is to
encourage the use of the Internet and computers worldwide. For security
Purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning information
Confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remittance
to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. We look forward to
your active participation in our next year USD50 millions lot. You are
requested to contact our clearance officer below to assist you with your
winnings and subsequent payments. All winnings must be claimed not later
than one month after the date of this notice. Please note, in order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference
number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be an any change of address 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 18 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,

MR Williams Douglas
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

YOU ARE ADVICE TO CONTACT THE WINNERS DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR
CLAIM.

MR ALLAN BAKER
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGER,
CASH CHANGE UK LTD
EMAIL ADDRESS: overseaslotterydept55@yahoo.co.uk
TEL; 447031842134.

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