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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: "williams kelly" <w_kelly222@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:26:42 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

FROM: THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION PROGRAMME.

Dear winner,

CONGRATULATIONS
---------------

Congratulations Category A prize winner! You have been selected as one of
the winners of the Worldwide AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION
computer ballot draws and thus will be a privileged recipient of the grand
draw prize of US$ 2,500,000,.00 (Two million five hundred thousand United
States Dollars only). Winning File Reference number for your prize is
WWPL/ADLP/ 61-812087; ticket number 003-214-39/A.

We in the Worldwide AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION is by this
program,launching our model computer balloting lottery draws,developed and
designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever growing number of participants
in our various lottery programs. With funds accrued exclusively from
previous draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be
transferred in record time.

After randomly selecting the participants from an initial database of 10,000
emails and zoning all participants by their respective continents from
across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have emerged
as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize.

To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, the transfer of your prize
is to be handled by our paying agents in overseas and also in Africa here.
You are to contact the officer incharge of this programme within a week of
receiving this notice. Please find full contact details below:

MR.JOHN WATSON
LOTTO DEPT
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION PROGRAMMES
Email:johann_watson@yahoo.com

Also find all other relevant winning lottery information
below:

Draw Serial No: 35/751346
Batch No: 06-A852
Zonal Draw No: A2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099
Winners Certficate No:E021453

You are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery information and
numbers from the public in line with our company security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous
individuals.

Please direct all further correspondences and queries to your respective
category Prize Transfer handlers.

Congratulations once again from the Worldwide Premier Lotto family.


Sincerely,

HASSAN BELOW
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION PROGRAMME

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