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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: <raymond.k@eposta.cz>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 15:38:51 -0000
Subject: Congratulation!

A.A.S Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
580 N. Tenth Street
Sacramento, CA 85914
Euro - Afro Asian Sweepstake Lottery
an Affiliate of Foundmoney International
Arena Complex Km 18 Route de Rufisque
I.P.P Award Dept.
johannesburg, south africa.

Ref: EAASL/941OYI/04
Batch: 03/06/MA34


WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear Sir,

This is to notify you that the Euro - Afro
Asian Sweepstake Lottery International programs
held on the 1st of DECEMBER 2004 in Dakar Senegal,
an e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564
75600545 188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky
numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won
the lottery in the 2nd category.

The winner was approved to claim a total sum
of US$2,500,000.00 (Two million,Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) in cash credited to file
KPC/9080118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of
US $ 25 Million dollars, shared amongst the first
Fifty (10) lucky winners in this category.


In view of this, the US$2,500,000.00 (Two
million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
was deposited in a security firm in the United
Kingdom,and has not been claimed by the owner for the past 12
months.

Our United Kingdom agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of the funds to you
as soon as you contact them with the reference number and
batch number stated above,while I shall be responsible
to secure all legal papers to transfer the rights and
privilleges of the original winner to you.

Please do note that after the successful process of
securing the funds, I shall send you my account coordinates so that you
will send my own share of 60% while you will keep the remaining 40%
for your assistance.

All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Web site through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion
takes place annually.

To begin claims, please contact the claims agent, MRS
SARAH JONES(sarahjones_114@excite.com)

For security reasons, you are advised to keep this
winning information confidential till your claims is
processed and the funds remitted to you in whatever
manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference/batch numbers in any
correspondences to our designated agent.

You are to contact our Fiduciary agent as quickly as
possible.

Sincerely,
RAYMOND KINGS
AFRO-ASIAN Zonal Coordinator.

________________________________________________________________

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