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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" <crowngloballottoibmkrin@netscape.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:22:49 -0700
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 $1.5,000,000.00 (One
Million five hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash, which is the winning payout for Category
"A? winners. This is from the total prize money of $7,500,000.00 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
ROWN GLOBAL LOTTERY NL LTD
EMAIL: crowngloballotto@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

Mr. Wilson Souza

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