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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: "MR ROWLAND RAY" <rowlandd@mail2ray.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: rowland@mail2ray.com
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 14:43:49 +0100
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNER

Ref: No. 887/294/0629
Batch No. 59-01231-APNL
Lottery date: 07/01/05

Congratulations Category A prize winner!

You have been selected as one of the five winners of
the AN Post National Lottery Company computer ballot
draws and thus will be a privileged recipient of the
grand draw prize of Euros 1,350,000 (One million three
hundred and fifty thousand Euros).

We in the AN Post National Lottery Company is by this
program, launching our model computer balloting
lottery draws, developed and designed to satisfy the
cravings of the ever growing number of participants in
our various lottery programs. With funds accrued
exclusively from previous draws, payouts to all
winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in
record time.

After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an
initial database of 3,000,000 emails and zoning all
participants by their respective continents from
across the globe, we produced an extensive list from
which you have emerged as one of the lucky winners of
the Grand Draw prize.

To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, the
transfer of your prize is to be handled by our Prize
transfer agent. You are adviced to contact our claims
agents by email within a week of receiving this
notice.
Please find contact details below:
Your claims agent.
OMEGA CONSULT INTL,
AFFILIATE OF An Post National Lottery .
CONTACT PERSON :MR ROWLAND RAY
CONTACT PHONE :+447040101561
CONTACT EMAIL :rowland@mail2ray.com

Also find your winning lottery information below:
Winning file reference number: TR/91-92567
Ticket number: 010-27835345-408
Draw Serial No: 09940
Batch No: 47/00045/wf
Grand Draw No: 5 - 5 - 2 - 25 - 10 - 64

You are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery
information and numbers from the public in line with
our companies security protocol to avoid double claims
and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous
individuals.

Please direct all further correspondences and queries
to your respective category Prize transfer
co-ordinator. Congratulations once again from the An
Post National Lottery Company.

Best regards,
ROWLAND RAY
Lottery Director
An Post National Lottery.

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