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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Promotion Department" <promofreelot@netscape.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 20:09:03 +0100
Subject: RE:Verifiy your winning email.-5th July 2005.

FREE LOTTERY COMMISSION
www.freelotto.com
DATE: 5th July 2005.

Dear Winner,

RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION.

Congratulations!! Congratulations!! Congratulations!!

We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent lottery Draw held on the 1st of July 2005. Your e-mail address attached to Winning number: 1-16-11-17-29-43-8, Draw number: 979, Reference number: 3673107771 drew from Batch number: 43-141-4222-37 - which consequently won One Million dollars from the Freelotto Cash Classic category -among fifteen (15) international winners in this same Cash Classic category.

Note that all participants/Winners in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from ''300,000,000''Company/Individual E-mail addresses users,that has visited/clicked on any of the following pop-up/site within the last 364 days: Antiques pop-up/site, Arts pop-up/site, Business & Money pop-up/site, Ouch!-Disability pop-up/site, Entertainment pop-up/site,Film/Moves pop-up/site, Food/cooking pop-up/site, Gardening pop-up/site,Health pop-up/site, History pop-up/site, Holiday pop-up/site, Homes pop-up/site, Languages pop-up/site, Learning pop-up/site, Lifestyle pop-up/site, Music pop-up/site, News pop-up/site, Radio pop-up/site,Religion & Ethics pop-up/site, Society & Culture pop-up/site, Sports/Premier league result pop-up/site, Sex pop-up/site, Weather pop-up/site from eight different Zones; North America, Latin Americ!
a, Caribbean, Western Europe,Eastern Europe, Middle East, Asia, South Asia and Australia/South Pacific.

Due to the mix up of some numbers and email address, we advice that you keep this award Notification strictly from public notice until your claim has been paid to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double Claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

To apply for your winning prize, you are required to contact our Lottery coordinator with the following:

1. Complete Name.
2. Address.
3. Contact phone.
4. Age
5. Winning number.
6. Draw number.
7. Reference number.
8. Batch number.
9. A copy of this email winning notification via this email address.

Congratulations!! Congratulations! Congratulations!!!!!!!

Mae Covington
Promotion Department
FREE LOTTERY COMMISSION
Email:promofreelot@netscape.net

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications or payment mixed-up, please quote your winning information (Ticket, reference and batch numbers) correctly in your correspondences to your/our claim agent.And winner below the age of 18 is automatically disqualified. And any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. Participants below the age of 18 are automatically disqualified.

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