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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: "Chales Green" <theuklotto@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 04:01:41 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION TO WINNERS

ATTENTION:
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today, 1st September, 2005 of winners of the VICTORY
PROMO LOTTERY,THE UK / INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS
held on 15th August, 2005.
Your email address,is attached to ticket number
023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11 drew
the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently
won the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of US$5,500.000.00 in cash credited to file REF
NO. SSW/25041238013/03. This is from total prize money
of US$80,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen
international winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from a collation of frequent internet
users from all over the world from UK, Australia, New
Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as
part of International Promotions
Program, which is conducted bia-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 your prize, you
will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3
billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim
agent; MRS. BETH SCHOLES, FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
LEEDS, ENGLAND. UK, via this email address
bethscholes2005@yahoo.co.uk or bethscholes2005@hotmail.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize
money to a designated account of your choice.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later
than 30 days from this notice. 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 in every one of your
correspondences with your agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank
you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
MR.JOHN ANDERSON
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, VICTORY PROMO LOTTERY,UK

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of
any of our winners will result to disqualification.
SORRY FOR THE LATE INFORMATION THANKS

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