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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: lotteryi@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:38:39 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATIONS=21=21=21=20YOU=20HAVE=20WON=2E?=

OVERSEAS / EURO AFRO ASIA SWEEPS STAKES LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANISATIONS.
LONDON, ENGLAND.
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 10th DECEMBER 2004.Your Name and Email address attached to ticket
number 27522465896-532 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 Names,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 US$50 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 addresses do inform our agent
as soon as possible. Congratulations once more and thank you for being part
of our promotional program.

NOTE;YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 20 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,
Philip Darcourt
Operational Director ( EAASSL)
N/B:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONS, CONTACT YOUR LOTTERY AGENTS
FOWLER & ADAMS AGENCY
CONTACT: MRS ELIZERBETH FOWLER / PROF. RAPHAEL ADAMS
ADD: 37 GREYSTOCK ROAD CAMBRIDGE CB1 8DS UNITED KINGDOM
EMAIL: lotto_information@yahoo.ca





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