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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: "sorex lotto" <sorex_lotto@gmx.at>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 01:39:07 +0100 (MET)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!


CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Sir/Madame,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize releaseon the 25th of November
2004 from the AustralianInternational Lottery programme. Which is fully
based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.

Your name was attached to ticket number: 47061725 07056490902 serial number
7741137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows5-13-33-37-42 bonus
number 19,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You
here by have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$1,000,000.00(ONEMILLIONDOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW47509/02
from the total cash prize of US$8,000,000.00 shared amongst eight lucky
winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computerballoting system drawn form
Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia,Europe, Middle East, Africa andOceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery
was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies
as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities
where they have operational base.

Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our European
representative office in Amsterdam, Holland, as indicated in your play
coupon and your prize of US$1,000,000.00 will be released to you from this
regional branch office in Amsterdam. We hope with part of your prize, you
will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducially agent, Mr.Micheal
Hans through michealhans01@yahoo.co.uk to file for your claim. Please quote
your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left
corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone
number to help locate your file easily.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non
participant or unofficial personnel.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the 15th of December 2004;
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to
charity.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards,

Laura Whittaker(Co-ordinator)

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