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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: "overseastakelottery" <overseastakelottery@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: claimsagent@email.com
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:42:55 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!!

OVERSEAS STAKES LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL LAGOS NIGERIA
OFFICE: LIBYA CRESCENT ,SURULERE LAGOS

Email;overseastake@tiscali.dk

REF NUMBER;OSL/653/029/03
BATCH NUMBER;AT-040-SB06-03

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Dear Sir/MADAM,

We are pleased to inform you, that as a result of our recent lottery
draws held on 12th DECEMBER 2004.Your email address attached to ticket number
27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky number 7-14-18-23-31-45
which consequently won 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payou of 3,000,000(DOLLARS)(THREE
MILLION DOLLARS)

Note:

ALL participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly
through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000
individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites.
This promotional program takes place every year,and is promoted and sponsored
by eminent personalities like the sultan of brunei, Bill Gates Of Microsoft
inc, Multi Choice and other corperate organisations.
This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.

For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning informations
confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted
to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claims and unwarranted abuse of this programe by some particitants.

We look forward to your active participant in our next year US$50 Million
slot.

You are requested to contact our clearance officer below to assist you
with your winning and subsequent payments. All winning must be claim
not
later than one month after the date of this notice.

Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications remember
to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence.


Furthermore, should there be any change of addresses do inform our agent
as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

NOTE; YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE
BELOW 25 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. S. Christiana


NB REPLY TO:(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)
Clearance Officer-Details below
Name :MR Ikenne martins.
Email:claimsagent@email.com

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

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