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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. LISA WALTER" <goldtrust_loto@operamail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: goldenlottery@operamail.com
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 01:54:26 +0400
Subject: RE:CONGRATULATION

GOLDEN TRUST LOTTERY DUBAI
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
P.O BOX 13457 ABU-DHABI
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our
recent lottery Draws held on the 10th of September 2003.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662
drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45, which consequently
won in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved
for a lump sum pay out of € 843,969.28c
( Eight Hundred and Fourty Three Thousand Nine
Hundred and Sixty Nine Euros Twenty Eight Cents ).
Note that all participants in this lottery program have been
selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual
email addresses from all search engines and websites.
This promotional program takes place every year,
and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities
like the Sultan of Brunei, bill gates see the remaining Inc
and other corporate organizations.
This is to encourage the use of the Internet and computers
worldwide. For security purpose and clarity, we advise
that you keep your winning information confidential
until your claims have been processed and your money
remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some participants. We look forward to
your active participation in our next year USD50 million slot.
You are requested to contact our accredited agent in Dubai
MR. JOSEPH WALLACE
TEL: 00971-50-464 12 07
Email(infogoldtrust@operamail.com) for further details and
directions on processing your winnings and subsequent
payments within the next seven days of this winning notification.
All winnings must be claimed not later than one month after the
date of this notice. Please note, in orde Furthermore,
should there be any change of address do inform our agent
as soon as possible. Congratulations once more and thank you
for being part of our promotional program.
NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF
YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Lisa Walter
NATIONAL LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR

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