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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a fake lottery scam (8 typical phrases found).
  

Fraud email example:

From: "lottery international" <lotteryinternational11@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 18:48:44 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION

From Mrs.Teresa Allan
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator
National Lottery Uinted Kingdom
Spectrum Money Mart United Kingdom
No.1a-Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham Shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
PO Box 1010
Essex Uinted Kingdom.
Tel/Fax: 44 870 1 357 95 7

Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/94-6OYI-04
Batch: 11/6/DC34 BBN
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-005
Grand Draw No: 12099

Dear Sir /Madam:

           CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the winner of the Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake Lottery International programs draws held on Saturday 1/06/2005 in Essex United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 75604545 100 with serial number 46560 drew the winning 1,8,20,23,32,48-25 which subsequently won you the lottery in the second category (cot2).

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00 (Eighty Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02. This is from a total cash prize of US$1100,000,00 Million dollars, shared amongst the first One-Hundred and thirty-four (134) lucky winners in this category worldwide. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you immediately you contact our agent office located in South Africa.

Our agent will commence the process to release of your winning prize as soon as you contact their office.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies and personal emails.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your winning prize remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Please be warned.

To claim your winning prize,please contact:

Bar.CLIFF ALEXANDER
Foreign Service Manager
Overseas Subscribers Agents
Freedom Park Building Unit 1440
Johannesburg (Gauteng) 2001
South Africa
Tel: + 27 (73) 420 5544
email: dzg_laws@yahoo.ca

Please be informed that all winning prize must be claimed on or before 1st september 2005. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agents.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that has successfully won this competition.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,

Mrs.Teresa Allan
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.

Mr.Alexander Davis
United Kingdom Zonal Secretary General.

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