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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 LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL" <thierryherry@info-notification.org>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:29:56 +0000
Subject: INFO-NOTIFICATION

Pricewater Sweepstakes Lottery
Customer Service Department
214 Olive Boulevard
Edinburgh, Scotland.
PSL/874567/05
Batch: 473/02/MW67746
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the Pricewater Sweepstakes
Lottery Programs held on the 6th of july, 2005 in Scotland.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 43596
876549789 with Serial number 1465/04 drew the lucky
numbers: 084527687, which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of US$2,500,000.00 (Two million,Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) in cash credited to file
PSL/432578347/04. This is from a total cash prize of
US $ 25 Million dollars, shared amongst the first
Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.

All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Web siteS through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 Web-site databanks. This promotion
takes place annually.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our European booklet representative office in
Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this,
your US$2,500,000.00 (Two million,Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to
you by our payment office in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims is
processed and your money remitted to you in whatever
manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part
of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact me via return email on receipt
of
this email: Lo-tto_Claim_Agent_Uk@stalag13.com
Hot Line:009447031849448

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference/batch numbers in any
correspondences with us or our designated agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staff
of this program. Thank you for being part of our
promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,

SIR. Erl Benry Cole
Euro-Asian Lottery Co-ordinator.

Anti-fraud resources:

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