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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: mary12342@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:29:54 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOU=20ARE=20ONE=20OF=20OUR=2011TH=20OF=20MARCH=202004=20LOTTERY=20LUCKY=20WINNER?=


FROM THE DESK OF
MARY JANE(coordinator)
UNIVERSAL STAKES LOTTERY.
U.K.NATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
UNITED KINGDOM.


Ref. No:132/756/4509

Batch No:538901527-Bc68

Ticket No:27522465896-6453


Attn: Please

We are pleased to inform you, that as a result of our recent LotterY Draw
held on the 11TH OF MARCH 2004. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
No:27522465896-6453 with serial number 652-662 draw lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45
which consequently won in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a hug sum payment of 2,000,000 (EUROS)
(TWO MILLION EUROS). Note that 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 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 and other corporate 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 information
confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted
to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claim and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. We look forward
to your active participation in our next year US $50 million Dollars slot.

You are requested to contact our clearance officer below to assist you with
your winning and subsequent payments. All winning must be claimed not later
than one month After the date of this notice.
To file for your claim, contact our fiducial agent:

MR WILLIAMS DAVID PEDRO.
E-MAIL:<williamspedro2005@myway.com>

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 and thank you for being part of our promotional program.


NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF
AGE.

Yours faithfully,

MARY JANE
(co-ordinator)











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