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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: "James Kennedy" <peterbrady@readers.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: peterbrady@box.az
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:52:53 +0100
Subject: Re: Congratulations

READERS DIGEST 98TH GRAND PRIZE DRAW
Prize Confirmation Dept.


CONGRATULATIONS--£250.000.00/ $ 500,000.00 GRAND PRIZE WIN.
Dear Winner

We are delighted to inform you of your Cash Prize Win released on the 3rd of January 2005 from the Readers Digest Association 98th Grand Prize Draw. The Readers Digest Association having noted the rise of the Internet and the place Email has taken in Society decided to change with the times and conduct the 98th Grand Prize Draw on a Email selection rather than our normal Postal selection. The Readers Digest Association feels this will broaden our scope and make our Prizes more accessible to a larger number of the population. The 98th Grand Prize Draw is therefore 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 £250,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds) Approximately US$ 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Dollars.) in cash. 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 98th Grand Prize Draw, as normal with all our draws, is backed with a Deposit for the above-mentioned Win with our bankers Barclays Bank. A letter from, Barclays Bank confirming the Prize Draw Deposit will be issued to you as proof of your Win once you reply
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HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE?
Simply reply back to file for your claim. Please quote your Winning Numbers and Serial number as stated in this Notification. Include your Full names and address and a contact number, further directions will then be sent. There are 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!!!

Send your reply to peterbrady@box.az .


Best Regards


Peter Brady

Finance Director, Readers Digest Association Ltd http://www.rd.com/

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