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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: "ANN DOUF" <alfaproms@alfawinning.org>
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 08:25:49 +0000
Subject: YOUR WINNING

ALFA LOTTERY PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
9 Chaucer House
Churchill gardens
London, SW1V 3DW
United Kingdom.



RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION..........CONGRATULATIONS!!!!


This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT
INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the 28th of JULY, 2005.

Due to the mix up of numbers,the results were released on the 2ND of
AUGUST, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 4156189324
under agent ID: 110 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd
category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of
100, 000.00GBP (Fifty Thousands POUNDS) in cheque drawn in your favour
as beneficiary and
covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed
and
your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000
individual email addresses and names from all over the world.

To begin your lottery claim, please contact our agent below that have
been appointed for the processing of your claim with the email address
below:

==================================================================
CONTACT NAME: David Morret
CITY/ COUNTRY: London, United Kingdom.
TEL: +44-703-194-9387
EMAIL: lotteryaward@telkom.net
==================================================================
Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 14days of
receiving this notification. After this date all unclaimed, funds will
be
included in the next stake.

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your WINNING NUMBER and AGENT NUMBER in all
correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address doinform our agent
as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Ann Douf
==============================================

Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result
to disqualification.

This E-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the
use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may
contain Information that is privileged, proprietary, confidential and
exempted from disclosure.

If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any
dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is
strictly
prohibited.

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