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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: "Rowland Etches" <row_etches@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: fiduciary10_dept_pmhf@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:01:41 +0100
Subject: Confidential

THE PRINCESS MARGARET LOTTERY FOUNDATION
(UK INTERNATIONAL OFFICE)
17 PECKINSON HIGH STREET,SE4 5DF
LONDON,UK
TEL;+44 704-011-1367
<http://www.pmhf-lottery.com>
REF: WR/675754653/01
BATCH: M34/9827/IPD

Dear Sir/Madam,
We wish to congratulate you and formally inform you that you have won
the sum of $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) in the last
email-lottery draw, organized by PRINCESS MARGARET LOTTERY FOUNDATION.
We have confirmed the above winning. And this is included in the INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT CATEGORY.Please note that full verification and payment would
be effected before your details are inculded on our website as all those
as shown on our site are winners that have recieved payment.
You should note that your email address in addition to millions of
company and individual email were obatined online and the
addresses were scrutinized with a ballot system and after the
processes,30 email addresses were selected and they were shared into 3
categories respectively and which you are a winner in the 1st category of
$.5m.The said sum is now deposited in our suspense account in your favour
waiting for the immediate remittance into your nominated bank account.
Be informed that your winning prize has a an immediate payment policy
and would be credited to you as soon as the documentation and
verification exercise is concluded.
This firm on behalf of PRINCESS MARGARET FOUNDATION LOTTERY Promotion
will issue an Irrevocable Guarantee of Payment Bond (IGPB) in your favour,
thereby securing the above prize money.A copy of the IGPB will be forwarded
to our paying bank for immediate action.
Our fiduciary department has been notified of this development and the status
of your claim.Following the above, you are expected to fill the processing form
(this would be sent to you by our fiduciary department) and return back to this
office for vetting process which is a standard practise just to ensure that we
are dealing with the right individual and account.For more on this,please send
your acknowledgement to this email to your fiduciary agent,details below;
Mr James Taylor
Email: fiduciary10_dept_pmhf@yahoo.co.uk
This process is vital and urgent following, the instruction from our
management that all prize money should be claimed on or before 10 Days of
receipt of this email notification. Funds left uncollected after the time frame for
collection are deemed cancelled
Once again accept our congratulations and we look forward to hearing
from you soon.
Regards,
Mr.Rowland Etches

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