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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: mrs_willi@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:44:03 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATIONS=21=21=21?=


OVERSEAS/ AFRO EURO STAKES LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANISATIONS.
OFFICE: 8-10, FREE TOWN AVE,
PLOT: 328 MADRID SPAIN.
Email:missrose_cole@yahoo.co.uk
REF NUMBER;OSL/653/029/03
BATCH NUMBER;AT-040-SB06-03
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
ATTENTION,
We are pleased to inform you, that as a result of our recent lottery draws
held on 29th December 2004.Your email address attached to ticket number27522465896-532
with serial number 652-662 drew lucky number 7-14-18-23-31-45 which consequently
won 2nd category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out
of US$2,500,000.00(UNITED STATES DOLLARS)
Note: ALL participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly
through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000
individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites.This promotional
program takes place every year,and is promoted and sponsored by eminent
personalities like the sultan of brunei,Bill Gates
Of Microsoft inc, Multi Choice,echina site and other corperate organisations.This
is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.For security
purpose and clarity,we advise that you keep your winning informations confidential
until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you.This
is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted
abuse of this programe by some particitants.We
look forward to your active participant in our next year USD50 Million slot.
You are requested to contact our clearance officer below to assist you with
your winning and subsequent payments.All winning must be claim not later
than one month After the date of this notice. Please note,in order to avoid
unnecessary delay and complications remember to quote your reference number
and batch numbers in all correspondence.Furthermore,should there be any
change of add resses do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our
promotional program.

Sincerely yours
FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONS CONTACT.
NAME : MRS Miss Rose cole
Email:missrose_cole@yahoo.co.uk




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