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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: "greg marquez" <gregmarquez@gregmarquez.net>
Reply-To: gregmarquez@mail.com
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 12:57:16 +0000
Subject: WINNIG NOTIFICATION

ATTENTION: WINNER,



AWARD WINNIG NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today 13th of
MAY, 2005, of winners of THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTO PROGRAMS held on the 10th
of APRIL, 2005 as part of our FIRST QUARTER of the year bonanza.

Your attached to ticket number 034-1416-4612-750, with
serial number 6521-11 drew the lucky numbers 31-51-22-24-39-43, and
consequently won the lottery in category B.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$500,000.000
in cash credited to file REF:EE/EGS/16-DD1960/8

This is from total prize money of US$12,500,000.00 shared among all the
winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer
balloting system drawn from 96,000 names from Middle East, Asia,
Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania as part our
International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with your AGENT, 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 or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent;

HILLARY ALEX
PHONE:+44-704-012-230-7
FAX: +44-707-505-520-9
EMAIL:hillaryalex@consultant.com

for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.

Remember, you must contact your claims agent not later than 27th of
MAY, 2005. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
All correspondences to
MRS. HILLARY ALEX (YOUR ACCOUNT MANAGER), either by fax or email,
should have this EMAIL sent along with it and also, your FULL ADDRESS, YOUR
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE and your EMAIL ADDRESS to which this email is
sent, should be clearly and BOLDLY WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE with your
claims agent.

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 again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

GREG MARQUES.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
CENTER POINT LOTTREY.

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