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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: sandrawilliams@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:16:42 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATIONS=21=21=21?=

ZEBRA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
Orchard Place, Flint House road,
PE04 8JR, United Kingdom.
Ref. Number: 632/001/3001
Batch Number: 400001429-AK446

Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of
the Lottery Winners International programs held on
the 5th December, 2004.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
370982217413-7240 with serial number 4708-325 drew
lucky numbers 2-34-28-13-41 which consequently won in the 7th category,you
have thereforebeen approved for a lump sum pay of USD$3,500,000.00(Three
million five hundred thousand United States Dollars).CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask
that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has
been processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program
by some participants.

All participants were selected through a compute 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 three
year.

This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Ted
Turner,Jesse Jackson,Ken Evoy,and Bill Gates, President of the World Largest
software, we hope with part of your winning you will take part in our nextyear
USD50 million international lottery. To file for your claim, please contact
our fiducial agent MR.Bill Grant, of the Zebra Trust Agency at grantzebra@myway.com,i
shall forward your mail to him for necessary action.

Remember, all winning must be claimed within one month of receipt of this
notice. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next
stake. 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, and send to
me your private telephone numbers for easy communication.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff
and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Sincerely yours,
SANDRA WILLIAMS (MS.)
Lottery Coordinator





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