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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: luckyloterytrust02@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 09:03:11 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Congratulations=20youhave=20won=20our=20Lottery?=

LUCKY DAG LOTTERY
9 Cranley Gardens
London SW7 3BB
United Kingdom

FILE REFERENCE NO: MLI/PP2005-001
BATCH: 5300/P25/FC

TO WINNERS IN OUR PROGRAM
We wish to congratulate you over your success in our computer balloting
sweepstake held on 15th March 2005.This is a millennium scientific computer
game in which email addresses were
used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging Internet users; therefore
you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it. However, your email address
was attached to ticket number 10CBG3471913; with serial number 190034 draws
the lucky numbers 1-9-7-4-31, which eventually consequently won the lottery
in the first category of the draws. This entitled to a cash award of
US$2,500,000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS). This is
from total prize money of US$30,000,000.00 distributed to winners from 1st
to 3rd categories.
Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of
philanthropist, industrialists from the Internet ware industry and some
other big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.To begin your claim,
please contact the claims coordinator
Mr. Carl Johnson
Email address: carl_johnson@luckyloterytrust.com
TEL: +447840362413

Yours Faithfully,
For: LUCKY DAG LOTTERY
Mrs. Jenny White.







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