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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: "Mrs. Fabiola Angel" <combo_angel@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: meglofin_amadeo@ozu.es
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 15:37:22 +0100
Subject: Award Notice

From the desk of the co-ordinator
International promotion/award dept.

Dear Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the EL COMBO LOTO
International programs held on the 4th of May, 2005.Your e-mail
address attached to ticket 00100 number with serial number
056-064-402-75051 drew lucky numbers 4-1-5-0-5-7-2-4 which consequently
won in the 3rd category,This automatically qualifies you to receive a
lump sum pay out of €620.000.00(six hundred and twenty thousand Euros.)
Which is the winning amount for the 3rd category.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 68,000 companies and 80,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world. This international promotional program
takes place twice in every years.

TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM,CONTACT YOUR OFFICIAL ASSIGNED CLAIMS AGENT
RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR FILE.
Dr. Amadeo Davis
Phone: 00 34 657 469 109
Email: meglofin_amadeo@ozu.es

All winning must be claimed not later than 10th of July 2005.After this
date all unclaimed funds will be return to the lotto organization.ln
order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, Do remember to
quote your reference number and batch number in all correspondence.

N/B: keep your winning information confidential until your claims has
been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming which will disqualified Your
claim.Note that your claim agent has be 2% of the winning amount
as processing fee.Congratulations from members of our staff and thank
you for being successful in our lnternational lottery promotional program.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs. Fabiola Angel
Lottery Coordinator

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