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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: carmlotlottoprom2@ny.com
Date: 26 Feb 2005 19:36:12 -0000
Subject: CONGRATILATIONS!!! AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="ISO-8859-1"

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF NO: MELI-T/ 17-F044262312
BATCH: 901/00319/HLP

RE: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE.

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of
the CARMLOT JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS, PROGRAMS held on the 25th
February,2005.Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached
to ticket number 9901-0148-790-691, with serial number 66109-17 drew the
lucky numbers 990-11-815-37-10-83, and consequently won the lottery in
the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$300,000.00
in cash credited to file REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312. This is from
total prize money of US$9,000,000.00 shared among the Thirty (30)
international winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North
America and Asia, as part of International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually.

Your fund has been deposited in an escrow account 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 your prize, you
will participate in our year high stakes US$100Million International
Lottery.

To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims
department by email:

Mr. Brian Lloyds
Email: brianlloyds@carmlotuk.net

For processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than the 5th March,
2005.All funds not claimed on or before the fixed date will be returned
as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all
correspondences with this office.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform us as
soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff for being part of our
promotions program.

Sincerely,
Mrs Jane Littlewood
For Carmlot lotto;

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result in Disqualification and any winner below the age of 18years is
automatically disqualified.

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