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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: worldlotto1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:42:07 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATIONS=21=21=21=20YOU=20JUST=20WON=20A=20LOTTO?=

From: Mrs Vanessa Brooke
World Benefit Lottery Organization
7118 Commerce Dr Atlanta GA 33317
USA
File number: 623-61-4468
Batch number: 25/05/DC980

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the World Benefit Lottery programs
held on the 5th of January 2005 in Atlanta Georgia. Your e-mail address
was matched to ticket number: D9354 79024590 with Serial number 94530 drew
the winning: 59/99/26/23/122, which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of US$1,174,000.00(One Million One Hundred and Seventy Four Thousand United
States Dollars Only) in cash credited to file number WBLO/9000338308/05.
This is from a total cash prize of US$38,000,000.00 (Thirty Eight Million
Dollars) shared amongst the first Twenty One (21) lucky winners in this
category world-wide.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our AMERICAN/EURO/ASIAN
booklet representative office in Atlanta as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your US$1,174,000.00 (One Million One Hundred and Seventy
Four Thousand United States Dollars Only) would be released to you by our
payment center in New York. Our Payment Center will immediately commence
the process to facilitate the release of your winning amount as soon as
you contact them. Be informed that all participants were selected randomly
from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from
over 15,000,000 companies and individuals.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised
to keep your winning information strictly confidential till your claims
is processed and your winning amount is remitted to you in whatever manner
you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous
elements.

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed before 31 days receive
this information and to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our
payment center in New York.

You are advised to acknowledge the receipt of this information in order
to give you a guide line on how to contact our payment center in New York.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that
has successfully won this competition. Thank you for being part of our promotional
lottery Program.

Sincerely,
Mrs Vanessa Brooke




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