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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: "Sam Jones" <sjones2000@mail2world.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: p_marsh2003@mail.com
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:15:24 +0100
Subject: ( )

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PRIZE RELEASE CENTRE

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Date: 13/07/05

Ref: 475061725

Batch: 7056490902/188

Winning no: GB8701/LPRC



CONGRATULATIONS



We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 13th of

jULY 2005 from the Australian International Lottery programme. Your

name was attached to ticket number;

47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002

This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus

number

17, which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You

hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$1,000,000.00 (ONE

MILLION DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the

total cash prize of US8,000,000.00 shared amongst Eight lucky winners

in this category. All participants were selected through a computer

balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand names from Canada,

Australia, United States, Asia,Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania

as part of our international promotions program which is conducted

annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some

multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the

citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.

Further more your name falls within our European representative office

in Amsterdam,Holland. as indicated in your play coupon and your prize

of US$1,000,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch

office in Amsterdam.


How to claim your prize Simply contact our fiducial agent,Mr. Peter Marsh at

p_marsh2003@mail.com to file for your claim ;or call +44-77488-15830.Please quote your reference,
batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification

as well as your full names, address and telephone number to help locate

your file easily.


For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information

confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your

prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid

double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by

non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be

claimed by the 31st of July 2005; otherwise all funds will be

returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!


yours faithfully,

Sam Jones(co-ordinator)


PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS

AGENT.p_marsh2003@mail.com or call(+44-77488-15830)

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO

DISQUALIFICATION.

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