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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: "Coordinator Henry Cole" <coordinatorhenrycole@royal-games-uk.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:48:00 +0000
Subject: Congratulations: You Are Category B Winner

Dear Winner,

Conducted by ROYAL GAMES UK. under our promotional B draws, you have
emerged winner through a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000 email
addresses of individuals and companies. All 30,000 email addresses
including yours where gotten from email account providers database
all over the world as part of our International Promotions Program.

For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and
International lottery code number. Remember to quote these numbers
in every one of your Correspondence with your claims agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: RGUK /05/QE321,
INTERNATION LOTTERY CODE NUMBER: RG/ 004-1

You/your Company email that eventually won was attached to ticket number
66-1-452, with serial number 52-27 drew the winning Numbers 09 15 18
56 31 60 (25) and consequently won in the second category,
Following this, You have consequently been awarded a pay out sum of
3,500,000.00 (three million, five hundred thousand British Pounds Sterling).

In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of
any kind, we dearly advise that you keep the entire winning details
i.e. serial number, lucky number etc. from public notice following the
fact that we will not be held liable for events of having two claimants to
one prize.

To therefore process your fund for transfer, you are to contact the
financial representative Rev John Foster by email:
jfoster@financesource.com
also as below:

Rev John Foster
Trans world security Uk
186 east mall
Stratford shopping centre
Stratford, greater London. Uk.
Tel: + 44-8-714-749-919
FAX: + 44 8-701-352-588
FAX: + 44 8-704-902-146
E-mail: jfoster@financesource.com

This Winning notice must reach your claims representative by email with
contact information above within a week of receiving this notice for
processing
and remittance of your winning to your designated account.

Yours Sincerely,
MR HENRY COLE (THE COORDINATOR)
ROYAL GAMES UK.,
STRATFORD 8151XQ UNITED KINGDOM.

Anti-fraud resources:

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