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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: pemms@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 05:39:22 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Congratulations=2E?=

An Post International Lottery Company
(Comhlacht Crannchur Naisiuta An Post)
Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1,Republic of Ireland.
Ref. Number: 132/756/4509
Batch Number: 538901527-Bc68
Ticket Number: 27522465896-6453

Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Winners in our
International Lottery Program held on the 23rd Day of March, 2005. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number 27522465896-6453 with serial number
3772-554 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-31-45 which consequently won in the
2ND category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
2,500,000 EUROS (Two Million,Five hundred thousand EUROS).CONGRATULATIONS!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims have been fully processed and
your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
multiple claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over
20,000 company and 30,000,000 individualemail addresses and names from all
over the world. This promotional program takes place every five years.This
lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational
companies,banks in and outside Europeas part of their social responsibility
to the citizens in the communitieswhere they have operational base. We hope
with part of your winnings you will take part in our next year Ten million
Euros international lottery.


To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent: Mr. AUTHOR STOWEL
at his email address a.stowel@ny.com for turther directives towards your
claim.Remember all winning must be claimed not later than 15th of April,2005.After
this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the nextstake. 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 from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours Sincerely,
Miss Patricia Emms Robert.
International Lottery (co-coordinator).

N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result
to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claims
agent.




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