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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: "evelen morgan" <jumboinfo@tiscali.it> (may be fake)
Reply-To: diversitymigrationserviceS@YAHOO.com
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 02:32:02 +0000
Subject: RE -AWARD NOTIFICATION, FINAL NOTICE

Winners Jumbo Lottery Promo
38 Cavenagh St St Darwin 0800
GPO Box 1974, Darwin, NT 0801,
london
16th Floor SABC Radio Park Building Henley Road
Auckland Park, ZA-2006 Johannesburg.
Ref: win/oct102/04
Batch:04/10/wa34

From_the desk of the promotion manager

Evelyn Morgan

ATTENTION-
RE -AWARD NOTIFICATION, FINAL NOTICE

It is my pleasure to inform you officially on this day
of 8th jaunary, 2005.
which your email address was seletcted as one of the lucky
twenty winning email address of the just concluded
INTERNENT Jumbo Lottery Promo IN london
which was held on the 10st december,2005 .Your
winning email address is attached to ticket
number:045-1408-079-945 with serial numbers :7778-33 which
drew the lucky numbers:87-22-66-73-20-38 and consequently
you won the lottery in the 2rd category You have therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay out of one million
dollars.
$1,000,000 in cash credited to file REF
NO nq3852140834130.
This is from total prize money of
$20,000,000,00 Twenty million dolars shared among the lucky
Twenty
international winners in this category All participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
collation of various email addreses belonging to frequent
internent users from all over the world from Australia New
Zealand America Europe North America , Asia and africa.
This is part of our companies International Promotions
Program which is conducted bia-annually
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your funds is already deposited with our companies
corresponding bank here in london and a cheque of
$1,000,000 one million dollars would be issued in favour of
your
name and would be posted to your contact postal address of
your choice received from you as soon as you contact our
lottery claims agent with the email address below.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 cheque issued in favour of your
name and transffered to you via your postal address which
you shall provide to our
lottery claims agent.
This is part of our security measures to avoid double
claiming by winners of this program We hope with a part of
you prize you will participate in our end of year high
stakes euros 1 billion International Lottery .To begin your
claims please contact your lottery claims agent the VIA
THIS EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW MR scot parker, LOTTERY CLAIMS
AGENT, with the above informations below which should
include your FULL NAMES/COMPANY NAME/AGE/SEX/MARITALSTATUS/
NATIONALITY/ CONTACT POSTAL ADDRESS,RESIDENTIAL/OFFICE
ADDRESS/POSITION IN YOUR COMPANY/TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER
via the email
address{jaspernewman@k.ro]Remember
all prize
money must be claimed not later than 31th febuary, 2005
After
this date all funds will be returned as unclaimed and
returned back to the british GOVERNEMNT.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers
in every one of your correspondences with your agent
Furthermore should there be any change of your email
address do inform your lottery claims agent Mr jasper newman.
as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all of our staff and do
frequently use the internet in your day to day
communications, as this might qualify you for our next
promo draws
Please note:You are required to forward all your replies
containing your full contact informations as required from
you above to our companies lottery claims Agent Mr
jasper newman on HIS email
address[jaspernewman@k.ro].
I wish you all the best use of your funds.
Mrs evelyn morgan
Public Relations Officer
Winners Jumbo Lottery Promo
To avoid unnecessary delay and complications, Please
quote your reference/batch numbers in any
correspondences with us or our designated agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and
staffs of this program!!!
Sincerely,
Mrs evelyn morgan.

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