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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: "treasure promotions" <treasurepromo@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: summitfinance@myway.com
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 01:44:50 -0700
Subject: Lottery Award Notification.

Treasure Promo Sweepstakes Lottery
In Conjunction with The National Organizing
Committe of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
FIFA Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006
organisationskomitee Deutschland
koniginstrabe 23,80539 Munchen.

From: The Desk Of the Promotions Manager,
Treasure Promo Prize Awards Department
Reference:TPL/668530092 Batch:45301/14/FIFA06/TPL
Award Notification
Date:06.08.05
WINNING NOTICE
We gladly wish to inform you of the draws of the
treasure promo lottery in conjunction with the
National Organizing Committee of the 2006 FIFA World
Cup held on the 29TH of April 2005 here in Munich
Germany.You along with 14 others were selected winners
under draws 6+J in our monthly program which will
feature as run up to the games next year when you will
be due for the final Grand draw.However your e-mail
address attached to ticket number 508-7895-4456-224
with serial numbers 5223-54 drew the lucky numbers
16-43-85-33-15-73 and consequently won the lottery in
the 5th category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Please be informed that all participants in this
lottery program have been selected randomly through a
computer ballot system drawn from over 500,000
companies and 30,000,000 individual e-mail
addresses.This Lottery is Organized by the host
country in collaboration with IFA.Funds for the draws
have been contributed by the major sponsors of the
games which include
adidas,Hyundai,FujiFilm,MasterCard,Gillette,Cocacola,Emirates
Air, Continental,Toshiba,Mcdonalds and a host of
others.
Your funds are now deposited with a Finance and
Security House and insured. Due to the mix up of some
numbers and names, 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. To begin your claim, please contact the
clearing house (through your claims agent) the body
assigned with the verification of any emergent
winner.Therefore all protocols laid down by them must
be followed to facilitate your claims:
CONTACT: MR.DAVID HUGHES,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
Summit Finance and Securities Ltd,
London, U. K.
TEL NO.: +44-740-010-4714
FAX NO.: +44-870-137-7176
EMAIL:summitfinance@myway.com
Also find all other relevant winning lottery
Information below:
Ref No: TPL/668530092
Batch No:45301/14/FIFA06/TPL
Zonal Draw No: IMSA2-040
Grand Draw No: 14219
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of US$300,000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
only) in cash credited to file REF
NO:TPL/668530092.For due processing and remittance of
your prize money,remember that you must contact your
claim agent not later than 26TH AUGUST,2005. After this
date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, 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 being part of our Promotions
program.
Sincerely,
Ms.Shelie Wright
The Promotions Manager
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to Disqualification. Please do not
reply to this mail. Contact your claim agent. Also you
are automatically disqualified if you are below 18
years of age.

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