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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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Please note about this email:

• It lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  

Fraud email example:

From: "rod parker" <congratulations11@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 18:24:14 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

                RESULT  FOR PROMOTIONAL DRAW
CHANGE OF FORTUNE UK  wishes to officially inform you that you have emerged a winner under our First Category Draws held on the 5TH OF NOVEMEBER 2005.The First category is a free entry draw, winners were selected by a special computer balloting system to give a worldwide reach to participants.

CONGRATULATIONS! You are a confirmed winner of  GBP2,440,772 (Two  Million Four Hundred and Forty Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Two United Kingdom Pounds ) in cash, which is the winning payout for First Category winner.

FIND BELOW YOUR COMPLETE WINNING DETAILS;

REF NUMBER :COF3-2
TAG NUMBER: 17-72,
CODE NUMBER: 71-05,
LUCKY NUMBERS: 01-14-20-22-25-26-(09)BONUS

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to your designated account, you must contact your FOREIGN

CLAIMS MANAGER (MR. MICHAEL DANOS) not later than 21 days from the date of this notice. You MUST include your winning details as stated above in your message.

MR. MICHAEL DANOS
FOREIGN CLAIMS MANAGER,
BACKING MANAGEMENT LTD.
TEL: +44-70-4011-6746
        +44/70-4012-9040
FAX: +44-70-3040-4616
        +44-70-3040-4615
EMAIL: claims1@backingmanagementltd.com

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
MR ROD PARKER
LOTTERY MANAGER
CHANGE OF FORTUNE UK,
BERKHAMSTED HOUSE
121 HIGH STREET,
BERKHAMSTED
HERTFORDSHIRE
HP4 2DJ
FAX: +44-87-1247-2893

Note: Contact your  CLAIMS MANAGER immediately for further processing.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam