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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: "Shaw Stakers" <shawstakers85@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 07:33:14 +0000
Subject: LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION.

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTION MANAGER
SHAWSTAKERS LOTTERY, SOUTH AFRICA.


DEAR SIR/MADAM


We are pleased to inform you of our announcement today, 27th October, 2005
of winners in the SHAWSTAKERS LOTTERY Promotional draw held on the 24th
August 2005.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America,
Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our
electronic business Promotions Program.
You qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various e-business
website we are running on the Internet.

A ticket number 100-309-7482,with serial number 111 410-887 was attached to
your entry which drew the lucky numbers 1 10 29 37 45 49 and consequently
won in the second
category.You are therefore awarded a cash prize of US$900,000.00, which is
the winning payout for Second category winners.This is from the total prize
money of
US$13,650,000.00 shared among several international/local winners in the
Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

You are to file in your claim to the director of claims
department with the information below to arrange for your payout,

DR.FEN_ONWARD
Email:fen_onward2005@yahoo.com
Tel:+27-73 592 8438
Ensure that you contact the claim department not later than
21 days from the day you receive this notification message.


Sincerely,



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