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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: "WINNERS!!!" <crownlottory777@netscape.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: crownlottory7777@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:25:11 +0000
Subject: CROWN WINNER

WINNING NOTICE
FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNAT IONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
DEAR WINNER
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
Congrat ulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
Category "A" draws of CROWN GLOBAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL Wea are happy to
inform you that you have emerged a winner under the Third Category,
which is part of our promotional draws.The draws were held prior to your
notification. Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 4,000,000 names/email addresses of individuals and
companies from America, Asia, Australia,Afric a, Canada, Europe,Middle East,
and New Zealand as part of our International Promotions Program.You/Your
Company, attached to ticket number 3322/6181-22,with serial number
92-71 drew the lucky numbers 19, 21, 25, 30,41,44 (22), and consequently
won in the Category "A".You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay
out of $1,500,000.00
(One Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) in cash, which
is the wi! ! nning payout for Category "A"winners. This is from the
total prize money of $4,500,000.00 shared among the 3 international
winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your funds are now deposited with A BANK, a reputable BANK, insured in
your name. In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers
and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of
your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring
your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of this
program.Please contact your claims officer immediately, to begin your
claims process;
MR. WILSON SOUZA.
CLAIMING OFFICER
CROWN GLOBAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
EMAIL: crownlottory7777@netscape.net

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.Remember, you must contact your claims agent not
later than two weeks
after the receipt of this mail. After this date,all funds will be
returned as unclaimed.NOTE: For easy reference and identification find
below your reference and Batch numbers. Note that you are to forward
this email to the agents in your first correspondence with them, whether
by email.
REFERENCE NUMBER: GLI/CLOL/CU17-C839213801
BA TCH NUMBER: 1833-THDAVE
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotions program.
Mrs. Maartje Nabi.
Lottery Coordinator,

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