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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: weilhem fritz <german_falottery@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 04:12:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING


GERMAN FA Lottery promotion
Berlin Germany
Batch No: 20005694
Ref No: GMN/FA/LO/5119977

Dear Lucky Winner

CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING

We happily announce to you the draw of GERMAN FA World cup Host 2006
lottery Award International program held in Berlin, Germany. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9665 75604546 199 with Serial number 97560 drew the winning:60/84/27/17/36, which subsequently won you the lottery award in the 2nd category. Your name have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,000.000.00 (Two million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file KPC/9030108308/03 .This is from a total cash prize of US $ 100,000,000.00 (One Hundred million United States dollars) shared among the first 50 lucky winners in this category world-wide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery booklet representative office in Madrid Spain as indicate in the play coupon. In view of this, your US $2,000.000 ( Two Million United States Dollars ) would be released to you through the assistance of our agent in Spain immediately he commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contacted him. Also your claim includes free flight ticket and Four(4) weeks hotel reservation in one of the five star hotel Germany.

All participants were selected randomly from WorldWide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies and individual emails address.
The lottery programme took place to promote Germany Host of 2006 FIFA world cup .

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This ispart of our precautionary measures to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program.

Please you are advised to file your claims immediately through our Fiduciary/claim
agent KENNY YOUNG through Email: kennyyoung_one@yahoo.co.uk immediately you received this message because you stand a risk of loosing the prize if you fail to claim within a month from the date of Notification

Thank You

Yours sincerely,

WEILHEM FRITZ
CO-ORDINATOR








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