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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: olympiclotteryint@tiscali.it
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:22:07 +0200
Subject: RE:WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE

OLYMPIC LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
REF: OLI/231-FMI0431/09
BATCH: IPD/15/096/PTNL
RE:WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE

Sir/Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Olympic Lottery International
Winners programs held on the 5th of August 2004. Your e-mail address attached
to ticket number 20511465897-6287 with serial number 472-971103 drew
lucky numbers 8-66-97-22-46-88 which consequently won in the category 'C',
you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$4,000.000.00
(Four Million United States Dollars)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information very confidential from the
public till your claims has been processed and your prize/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 over 200,000,000 companies and 300,000,00
individuals email addresses from all over the world.
This promotional program takes every four year in commomuration with the
olympic games.
For your best interests you must initiate contact within one
week of receipt of this correspondence with regards to claiming your
prize.
You are also advised to send a copy of this email to your/our
fudicial agent

JOHN SCOTT,
ABNF PAYPOINT
TEL:+31-6252-84157
Email:abnfpaypoint@financier.com


Note* that all winning must be claimed not later than 15th of
November 2004.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 send a copy of this correspondence and quote your
reference
number and batch numbers 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.
Note*: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.


Sincerely yours,
Juan Getrude Fletcher

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