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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: lottowin@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:27:08 +0800
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION




FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF: LMI/67-B773524441
BATCH NO: 01477-18/IT/04

ATTN:

AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 30 December 2004
of
winners of the INTERNATIONAL LOTTO MONEY IT/ INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held
on 1ST November
2004.

Your company, attached to ticket number 013-2316-2002-477, with serial number

A025-09 drew the lucky numbers 2-12-17-28-43-9 which subsequently won in
category C.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,000,000.00
)in cash
credited to file REF NO. REF: WBL/67-B773524441. This is from total prize
money of
US$15,000,000.00 shared among the fifteen international winners in the category
C.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
30,000 names
from Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia, Europe, USA and North America
as part our
International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with a Assaurace Finance and Security and insured
in your name.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you
keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim
has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by
participants of this program.

We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes US$1.3 billion International lotto.

Remember all prizes be claimed not latter than 21st of January 2004. After
this
date all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Note: In other to avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please remember
to quote your
reference and batch numbers in everyone of your Correspondences with your
agent. Furthermore,
should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent
as soon as possible.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN from all our staff and thank you for being part of
our promotions program.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims officer immediately:
Mr.Viola visser
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
EMAIL: premie@jumpy.it

CONGRATULATIONS(contact claims agent)
ESPOSTO MATTEO
International Lotto IT





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