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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: "alex williams" <alex555w@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 02:29:09 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

WORLDMERIT PROMOTIONS
44 KENNINTON STREET,
LONDON WC2N 5BX
UNITED KINGDOM

LOTTERY AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE:
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of winners of the
SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY/ BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM three days ago
as part of incoming software computer promotion programs. Your email address
attached to ticket/serial number 3772-99, with serial number 5073-11 drew
the lucky numbers:7-14-17-23-31-44 With Ref. Number: EGS/2311786008/01,Batch
Number: 14/001/IPD and consequently won the lottery in the 1st category.

You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of GBP
1,200.000.00lbs (ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS) credited
to file REF NO.SGIL/763276/03. This is from total prize of money
GBR24,000,000.00{TWENTY FOUR MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS} shared among the
TWELVE international winners
in 1st-3rd categories.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
85,000 company email addresses and 40,000,000 individual email addresses
from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part
of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
Your fund is now in custody of a Financial/Securities company insured in
your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, We ask that you keep
this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by
members of the public. Deduction from the money that has been won allowed,
even a cent until the money has been handed over to the winner. To receive
your claim, please contact your file/claim
officer:

Dr. ALEXANDER WILLIAMS
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
GLOBAL SECURITIES.
LONDON. U.K
Email: alexander111w@yahoo.com

All prize money must be claimed in ten working days.After this date, all
funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of
your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.
Please include your private telephone and fax numbers
while replying.

Sincerely,
Dr. ALEXANDER WILLIAMS
Lottery Cordinator
Note: Anybody under the age of 15 is AUTOMATICALY DISQUALIFIED and Any
BREACH of CONFIDENTIALITY on the part of the WINNERS will result to
disqualification.

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