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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: "Walli Briean" <wbcoordinator@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 01:36:07 +0000
Subject: RE: FINAL NOTES FROM OUR ELECTRONIC SYSTEM CONGRATULAIONS!!!

DATE:24/07/2005
REF: 475061725
BATCH: 7056490902/188
WINNING NO: GB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 24th OF JULY
2005 from the Australian International Lottery programme. Which is fully
based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.

Your name was attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902 serial number
7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42bonus
number 17, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You here by 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 US$8,000,000.00 shared amongst eight lucky winners in this
category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form
Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses 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 details(e-mail address) falls within our European
representative office in London,England, 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 London. We hope with part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international
draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
SIMPLY CONTACT OUR FINANCIAL AGENT

Dr. LURINC VAN LOUIS Via E-mail : lottryawardinternational@yahoo.co.uk, to
file out your claim . 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 name, 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 30th of AUGUST 2005; otherwise
all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN ON YOUR WINNINGS!!!

Best Regards Walli Briean (co-ordinator)

COPY: LOTTERY AGENTS.
COPY: AWARD COMMITEES.
COPY: LOTO OFFICIALS.

NOTE: REPLY TO THIS ABOVE E-MAIL ADDRESS BELOW ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY
ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION

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