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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: "Ama Moro" <amamoro@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:44:12 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

UNIVERSAL STAKES LOTTERY.
SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
SOUTH AFRICA.
FROM: THE DESK OF
Mrs.AMA MORO (coordinator)
SOUTH AFRICA National lottery Organization
Ref. No:132/756/4509
Batch No:538901527-Bc68
Ticket No:27522465896-6453
Attn:Please
We are pleased to inform you, THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR
RECENT LotterY DRAWS HELD on the 11TH OF Jul 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number No:27522465896-6453 with
serial number 652-662 drew luckynumbers 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 &#8364;2,000,000 (TWO MILLION
EUROS) 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
organisations.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 remitted 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 million slot.
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 thanone month After the date of this notice.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent/ our payment
center in africa:
NAME:DR.NELSON BERG.
phone: +234-
E-MAIL: nelson_pays@yahoo.co.uk
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 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,
Mrs.AMA MORO (coordinator)
lottery co-ordinator

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