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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: info@lotto.org
Reply-To: vanessabrooke6@hutchcity.com
Date: JUN 17,05
Subject: YOU JUST WON A MEGA LOTTO

From: Mrs Vanessa Brooke
World Benefit Lottery Organization
7118 Commerce Dr Atlanta GA 33317
USA
File number: 623-61-4468
Batch number: 25/05/DC980

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the World Benefit Lottery programs held on the 5th of January 2005 in Atlanta Georgia. Your e-mail address was matched to ticket number: D9354 79024590 with Serial number 94530 drew the winning: 59/99/26/23/122, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$1,174,000.00(One Million One Hundred and Seventy Four Thousand United States Dollars Only) in cash credited to file number WBLO/9000338308/05. This is from a total cash prize of US$38,000,000.00 (Thirty Eight Million Dollars) shared amongst the first Twenty One (21) lucky winners in this category world-wide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our AMERICAN/EURO/ASIAN booklet representative office in Atlanta as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your US$1,174,000.00 (One Million One Hundred and Seventy Four Thousand United States Dollars Only) would be released to you by our payment center in New York. Our Payment Center will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winning amount as soon as you contact them. Be informed that all participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 15,000,000 companies and individuals.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information strictly confidential till your claims is processed and your winning amount is remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed before 31 days receive this information and to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our payment center in New York/London.

You are advised to acknowledge the receipt of this information in order to give you a guide line on how to contact our payment center in New York/London.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program that has successfully won this competition. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery Program.

Sincerely
Mrs Vanessa Brooke

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