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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: "Mrs. fowler" <6fowler@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: 1fowleragency@myway.com
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 16:12:58 +0100
Subject: Lottery Winner (Congratulation)

OVERSEAS/ AFRO EURO STAKES LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANISATIONS.

OFFICE: 8-10, FREE TOWN AVE,
PLOT: 328 MADRID SPAIN.
Email:fowleragency@yahoo.com

REF NUMBER;OSL/653/029/03, BATCH NUMBER; AT-040-SB06-03

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

ATTENTION:LUCKY WINNER

We are pleased to inform you, that as a result of our recent lottery
draws held on 6th July 2005.Your Name and Email address attached to Ticket
Number 27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky number 7-14-18-23-31-45,which
consequently won 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump
sum pay out of US$100,000.(UNITED STATES DOLLARS)


Note: ALL participants in this lottery program have been selected
randomly Through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 Companies
and 30,000,000 individual Names, email addresses from all search engines
and web sites.

This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and
sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates
Have Microsoft Inc, Multi Choice- china site and other corporate organizations.
This is to encourage the use of the Internet and computers worldwide.


For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money
remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims
and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.


We look forward to your active participant in our next year US$1
Million slot. You are requested to contact our clearance officer below to
assist you with your winning and subsequent payments. All-winnings must be
claim not later than one month after the date of this notice. Please note,
in order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications remember to quote your
reference number and batch numbers in all Correspondence.


Furthermore, should there be any change of addresses do inform our
agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.


NOTE; YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 20 YEARS OF
AGE.


Sincerely yours
Dr.Morgan James.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONS CONTACT.
NAME: MRS ELIZERBET FOWLER
Email: fowleragency@yahoo.com



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