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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: "PRESTO LOTTERY.ORG" <prestolottery1@webmail.co.za>
Reply-To: prestolottery01@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 07:55:24 -0700
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE

From: The director of the Prize Award Department
REF: ZAR/58224059/2004
BATCH: 12/435070/CK/QWE
TEL:27-73-6022-004
Att: The Owner of this Email Address

Re: Award Notification of Final Notice

We are pleased to inform you of the release on the 2ND MAY 2005, theResult of the PRESTO WORLDWIDE LOTTO, SA promotion program held on the 15th Dec 2004. Your email address attached to the ticket number 244-332425-470 with serial number 10-14-18-26-37-39, which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.You have therefore been awarded the lump sum of RANDS 30,000,000.00 in cash credited to file number ZAR/40028012/02.

Your funds are deposited with a security company, which will be insured In your name once you contact the security company. Due to a mix up of some names and numbers, we strongly recommend that you keep this award a top secret from the public notice until your claim have been processed and the money remitted to your account. This is a part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwanted scams of this Program by other participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 email addresses from all over the world as a part of our International promotional program, which is done twice annually. We hope that with a part of your prize, you will take part in our end of year high Stake #1.3bn lottery.

To avoid fraud and scams, and to begin your claim, Please contact only your assigned agent,Mr.CHARLES DEWAR; Foreign Service Manager of PRESTO LOTTERY ORG via email on prestolottery01@yahoo.com OR(restolottery02@yahoo.com) For processing and remittance of your money to a designated account of your choice. All prize money must be claimed no later than 14days from the date of this notice, as after this date, all funds will be returned to Presto Worldwide LOTTO INTERNATIONAL as unclaimed.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference and batch number in every correspondence with us, or your agent. Furthermore, if you have changed your email address, do contact your agent to notifying her of the change.

Congratulations once more for and on behalf of all members of my staff And thank you for being a part of our promotions program.

Yours sincerely,
MR. CHARLES DEWAR
TEL: 27-73-6022-004.

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