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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: "MR. Wilson Souza " <crown_2003@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: crownlotto203@netscape.net
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 12:57:11 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!

WINNING NOTICE
FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

DEAR WINNER

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS


Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the

Category "A" draws of CROWN GLOBAL LOTTERY NL
We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the
First Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws were
held prior to your notification. Participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 4,000,000 names/email addresses of
individuals and companies from America, Asia, Australia, Africa,
Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our
International Promotions Program.
You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 3322/6181-22,with serial
number 92-71 drew the lucky numbers 19, 21, 25, 30,41,44 (22), and
consequently won in the Category "A".

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of $1,000,000.00
(One Million Thousand United States Dollars) in cash, which is the winning
payout for Category "A? winners.
This is from the total prize money of $5,000,000.00 shared among the
Five international winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your funds are now deposited with A BANK, a reputable BANK, insured in
your name. In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers
and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of
your award strictly from public notice until the process of
transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to

your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/no participants of this program.

Please contact your claims agent immediately, to begin your claims process;


MR. Wilson Souza
CLAIMING OFFICER
CROWN GLOBAL LOTTERY NL LTD
EMAIL: crownlotto203@netscape.net
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account
of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claims agent not later than
two weeks
after the receipt of this mail. After this date, all funds will be
returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification find below your reference
and Batch numbers. Note that you are to forward this email to the
agents in your first correspondence with them, whether by email.
REFERENCE NUMBER: CGL/7668/94-55/11
BATCH NUMBER: 9541-MHU
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.



Sincerely.


__________________________________________________________________
Win 12 amazing weekend breaks, one every month for a year to Dublin, Milan,
the Alps, Paris and beyond

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/competitions/brilliant_weekends.html

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