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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: "BRITISH LOTTO PLUS British Lotto Plus" <coordinator@gsluknational.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 01:09:55 +0000
Subject: Congratulations!

FROM:THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE DEPARTMENT,
BRITISH LOTTO PLUS.
Dear Prize Winner,
BRITISH LOTTO PLUS, wishes to inform you of its results of its promotional
draws held on the 1st of August,2005 as part of our 3rd quarter Year
bonanza. We are happy to officially inform you that you have emerged a
winner under our Third Category draws.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
50,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,
America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle-east and New Zealand as
part of our International Promotional Program.
You have consequently awarded a lump sum pay of £2,200,000(Two Thousand, Two
Hundred Great British Pounds) in cash, which is the winning payout for Third
Category winners. This is from the total prize money of £11,000,000.00
shared between 5 international winners in the category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with ALPHA BETA FINANCE, insured in your name. In
your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any
kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly
from public notice until the process of transfering your claims has been
completed. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/non-participants of this program.
The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i) Winning Numbers: 12,28,22,23,45,49,(08)
(ii) Ticket Number: 44-8201-093
(iii) File Reference Number: BLP20-147-10
(iv) Lotto batch Number: A14736
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice, please contact your claims agent immediately.
Find below all contact details;
MR WALTER SMITH,
FOREIGN SECTION MANAGER,
ALPHA BETA FINANCE.
PHONE: +44-70-4012-4052
FAX: +44-20-7504-8763
Email: wsmith@al-bf.net
Remember, you must conatct your claims agent not later than two weeks from
the date you received this email. Atfer this date, all funds will be
returned back as unclaimed.
For easy reference and identification, your lotto payment order details
stated above must be provided to your claims agent.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
GARY PHILIP,
LOTTREY COORDINATOR,
BRITISH LOTTO PLUS.
8 CHANCEL ST.
LONDON, SE1 0UX.
Phone: +44-70-4012-4049
Fax: +4-20-8181-6866
N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.
Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent Mr. Walter
Smith as specified above.
(TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY)

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