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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 (11 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: <globalemaillottery@globalemaillottery.org>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 05:21:16 -0500
Subject: Congratulations!!!

GLOBAL EMAIL PROMO LOTTERY

BV. 41B EDGEWARE ROAD, LONDON
FROM: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR,
INTERNATIONAL CLAIM DEPARTMENT,
TELEPHONE:+447040110646

REF:OYL / 5876754-87609-03
BATCH: XT134/8876501/XZT

 

Dear Sir / Madam,

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement Today, 16th of July 2005 , as winners of the GLOBAL EMAIL LOTTERY PROGRAM held on 10th February 2005.

Your name is attached to the ticket number 00675-0478-98643-010; with serial number 6754-34 drew the lucky numbers 00-89-41-06-23-77, and consequently you have won the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of 5,000,000.00 euros in cash credited to file REF NO. OYL /5876754-87609-03 this is from total prize money of 85,000,000.00 euros shared among the Seventeen International winners in this category. All participants were sellected through a computer Ballot system drawn from 50,000 emails from AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AMERICA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA,AFRICA and ASIA as part of international promotions program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund is now deposited with a security company insured in your email ID. Due to the mix up of some numbers and emails, We ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of your prize you will participate in our end of our
year high stakes 1.5billion euros international lottery. To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent:

Mr Kenneth Anderson,
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT
GLOBAL EMAIL PROMO LOTTERY,

E-mail: kennyassist@yahoo.de

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th of July 2005 . After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complication, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for your being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

MRS. HELEN INCE
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER

 

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