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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: universalgroup@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 16:33:41 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?IMPORTANT=20NOTICE?=

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O Box 1010
ROME,ITALY
(Customer Services)
Ref:IT/9420X2/68
Batch:074/05/ZY369




FROM:THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT ITALY


Dear Recipient,

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice,the results of the First
Category draws of INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.

We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First
Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws were held prior
to your notification.Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 2,500,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies
from America, Asia, Australia, Europe,Africa and Middle East, as part of
our International Promotions Program. You/Your company email ID, attached
to ticket number 6422-5-486, with Serial number 59-18 drew the lucky numbers
33-92-78-05 (18) and consequently won in the "A" Category.

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of $2,500,000 (TWO MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USD)which is the winning payout for Category"A" winners.This
is from the total prize money of $50,000,000 shared among all the winners
in all categories.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with our transfer agents in the ITALY with a
hard insurance cover policy.In your best interest and also to avoid mix
up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire
details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of
identification and transferring your prize money has been completed, and
your funds remitted to your nominated account. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or Unscrupulous acts by participants/non
winners of this program.

Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and Remittance
of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.You are also
advised to contact our agents by email and/or fax within a week of receiving
this notice. Failure to do so may warrant disqualification.

MRS. KELLY JONE
CLAIM AGENT OFFICER,
EMAIL: kellyjones@lawguru.com

NOTE:For easy reference and identification,Remember to quote your reference
And Batch numbers in every one of your correspondence with your claims
agent.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being Part
of our promotional program.

Sincerely,

THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
MEGA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
JOHNNY MOORE

N.B:Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will Result
to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail box. Contact your
claims agent immediately.





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