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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: "Melton Hue" <freelotteryint06@msn.com>
Reply-To: freebv2005@web-mail.com.ar
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:30:27 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION..........................CONGRATULATIONS

FROM:FREE LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKES INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT OF
ROYAL ENGLAND
9 Chaucer House
Churchill gardens
London, SW1V 3DW
United Kingdom.

This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT
INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the 27RD of June, 2005.

Due to the mix up of numbers,the results were released on the 7th of July,
2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 4156189324 under agent
ID: 110 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of £ 2,000,000.00(Two
Million Pounds) in cheque drawn in your favour as beneficiary and covered
with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you 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 and unwarranted abuse of this program
by some participants.All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies
and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.

To begin your lottery claim, please contact our agent below that have been
appointed for the processing of your claim with the email address below:

CONTACT NAME: Bruce Walker
CITY/ COUNTRY: London, United Kingdom.
TEL:+44-703-190-3153
FAX :+44-870-490-1558
EMAIL:freelotteryswptkint@britishinternetwinnings.org

Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 10days of receiving
this notification. After this date all unclaimed, funds will be included in
the next stake.

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please
remember to quote your WINNING NUMBER and AGENT NUMBER 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 faithfully,
Mrs. Melton Hue
Promotions manager
ROYAL ENGLAND SWEEPSTAKES INT

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Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.

This E-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use
of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain
Information that is privileged, proprietary, confidential and exempted from
disclosure.

If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any
dissemination, distribution or copying of thiscommunication is strictly
prohibited


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