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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: commonwdmlotto@katamail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 03:29:46 +0200
Subject: +++++A LUCKY WINNER++++++++++

COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA MILLENNIUM LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD PROGRAM

OUR REF: CDML6/009609/04
YOU'RE REF: 96187565
Dear Sir/Madam
This is to notify you that you won in our draws organized on 17TH
octomber, 2004.
Your e-mail address was attached to ticket number 02-7637778822-6055 with
batch number 04/006/ASM, serial number 960456

and draw lucky numbers 6-0-8-45-77-94. Your email address won in the 1st
category draws.
Following your success in the draws you are entitled to be paid the sum of
US$1,500,000.00
(0NE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) as your prize.

All participants were selected through a computer software ballot system
drawn

from over 50,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from
all over the world.
This program sponsored and promoted by Association of software
manufacturers will
run for a period of 7 years and payment is made each year of the program
in one continent in a rotational method. This year payment is to be made
in Africa.

In this regard, you are required to contact our agent in South Africa;
THEMPO TWALA.
TORCHSTONE SERVICES S.A.
TEL:++27-7364-15294
EMAIL:thempotwala@netscape.net

You are expected to quote your REFERENCE NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER, DRAW LUCKY
NUMBER,
PHONE/FAX NUMBERS,FULL NAMES/ADDRESS and the date the program was organized. Furthermore,
should there be change of any information about you while the processing
of your claims subsists do inform our agents promptly.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
As earlier sent,this is the confirmatiom letter indicating that you have
won in case you don't have it again.
Dr. rakky themba.
Lottery Coordinator

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