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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: hankswinston@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 02:30:34 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?congrates?=

OUR REF : L&LA/98/03ii
YOUR REF : BANCRE/VOL24/A890
WINNING TICKET NUMBER : 27522465896-6453
WINNING NUMBER: 7-14-18-31-45
AMOUNT WON: 3,000,000 (EURO) (THREE MILLION EURO)
BATCH NUMBER: 538901527-Bc68

Dear Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the winners in our universal
Lottery Program held on the 22rd of febuary, 2005. Your e-mail address attached
to ticket number 27522465896-6453 with serial number 3772-554 drew lucky
numbers 7-14-18-31-45 which consequently won in the 3rd category in this
quarter of the year. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of 3,000,000 EURO (Three Million Euro) CONGRATULATIONS! Due to mix up
of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information
confidential until your claims have been fully processed and your money
Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid multiple
claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system
drawn from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses
and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place
every five years. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate
of some multinational companies in europe as part of their social responsibility
to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. To
file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent:


Mr Hankson winston
Akins & Associates
Reply Email :
Remember all winning must be claimed not later than 27th of May2005. After
this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Remember
also,to send your telephone no./address where you wish to receive payment
to your agent. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore should there be any change of address do inform our agent as
soon as possible. Congratulations once more from all the members of staff
and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Anybody under the
age of 18 is automatically disqualified.


Peter Lambert
Universal Lottery (co-ordinator)
N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result
to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claims
agent

N/B
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