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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: "global lotto international" <global_lotto2005@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dr_fatimaziz@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 05:10:06 +0400
Subject: global lotto international

GLOBAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL 72657, NL-2115 DB EMIRATE, THE NETHERLANDS
INCONJUCTION WITH GLOBAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL Dutch & UAE,EMIRATE FLY
EMIRATE. From: The Promotions Manager International Global/ Emirate
Club
/Prize Award Department. REF: DATE: 10th february 2005.
ATTN:
CONGRATULATIONS.
10TH february 2005 DRAW RESULTS/ WINNING NOTICE. Congratulations! We
announce with pleasure that you have emerged as one of the two winners
of
the Global Lottery ballot draws held on 10TH february 2005. Be informed
that
you are among 15,000 individuals/private companies selected by our
computer
ballot system and have scaled through all three draws of the Global
Lottery.In line with all Netherlands & Emirate Club Lottery
Regulations, the
Global NL has just concluded its annual draws for the year 2005.
By our procedures, you were allocated to GL lottery ticket number
76-1102-103. Ballot 1 and ballot 2 numbers are 1102/545 and 1102/73
respectively, with serial number AA5/120920 participants were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000 names from
Australia, New
Zealand, America, Asia,Africa, Europe,USA and North America as part of
our
International Promotions Program with midle east, which is conducted
annually. From the results of the final draws, you have emerged as a
Prime
winner in the "A" category
and therefore entitled to a winning payout amount of(US$8,000,000.00)
eight
million dolars for allocated to the two "A" category winners.
Your prize money has been insured and credited in your name to file
Ref. No.
17716 . You are therefore to contact our acredited agents to
immediately
claim your prize/ find contact
information below:
PREMIUM TRUST AGENCY
ACCREDITED LICENSED AGENT TO GLOBAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL)
DR FATIMA
ACCREDITED LICENSED AGENT
TELE/00971 50 5076857
EMAIL;dr_fatimaziz@yahoo.com <http://us.f900.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dr_fatimaziz@yahoo.com&YY=15389&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b>
Remember, you must contact your claims officer / our accredited
Licensed
Agent immediately, or before 28TH february 2005 to avoid funds being
returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to DR.FATIMA AZIZ, either by
fax
or email, should have this email sent along with it and also, your
email
address to which this email is sent should be clearly and boldly
written in
your response. You should also include yourreference number. Also,
should
there be any change of your address, do inform your claims officer as
soon
as possible.
Be advised that Global regulations prohibit you from publicly
disclosing
your win until you have received your prize money. This is for security
reasons and to avoid cases of multiple claims processing. The Lotto
NL/midle
east region holds exclusive right to terminate your claims processing
upon
any breach of this condition. Congratulations again from all our staff
and
thank you for being part of our international lotto program. It is our
hope
that with a part of your prize, you will participate in our 2006 lotto
programs. International lotto/midle east region Emiretes.
Sincerely,
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS GLOBAL International.N.B: Any breach of
confidentiality on the part of the winners will result in
disqualification.
Please contact the finance director to claim your prize immediately.
THANKS
MR TARIQ ABDALLA
CO-DINATOR FOR MIDLE EAST REGION.

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