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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: "JENNY BROOKS" <dt001@volcanomail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jnkennedy@winning.com
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 07:35:50 -0800
Subject: RE: Congratulations

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PRIZE RELEASE CENTRE
WINNING NOTIFICATION
Date: 14/02/05
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS;

Re Cash Award Payment


Dear Sir,

We are delighted to inform you of your Cash prize released on the 1 January 2005 from the Australian International Lottery programme, which is based on an electronic selection of winners using their email address .Your email address was attached to ticket
number;

47061725 07056490902

serial number 7741137002

This batch drew the lucky numbers 5 –13 – 33 –37 – 42 bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum payment of US$2 500,000.00 ( TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash, credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02, from the total cash prize of US$100,000,000.00 which was shared amongst the FORTY TWO lucky winners in this
category.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania.

This Lottery is promoted and sponsored annually by a conglomerate of multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational bases. Your details (email address) fall within our European representative office, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$2,500,000.00 will be released to you from our regional branch office . We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stake draw of US$5.3 Million.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE Simply contact our agent, Mr. James Kennedy at jnkennedy@winning.com to file for your claim. Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full
names and address to help locate your file easily,There no high rate premium numbers to call.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed within two weeks of notification .All unclaimed funds will be returned to the general lottery account and used for other random draws.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards,

Jenny Brooks (co-ordinator)

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