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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: "Mrs. Rosemary Kwaku" <africaloto@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:17:25 +0000
Subject: PLS. RESPOND IMMEDIATELY


GHANA LOTTO Headquarters:
Customer Service
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the
GHANA-LOTTO Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 30TH
OCTOBER, 2004.in
ACCRA GHANA
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
6475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
19-6-26-17-35-7, which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total
sum of
US$5,500,000.00 (five million,Five Hundred Thousand
United States
Dollars) in cash credited to file Ktu/9023118308/03.
All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Web site
through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000
companies.This promotion takes place every five years
Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our african booklet representative office this
accra
Ghana as indicated in your
play coupon.In view of this, your US$5,500,000.00
(five million,Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) would be released to you by
our payment office in europe.

Our african 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 our fiduciary
agent: Rev.Aminu Osei:
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference/batch numbers in any
correspondences with us or our disgnated agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and
staffs of this program. Thank you for being part of
our promotional lottery program.
Pls. contact Rev. Dr. Aminu Osei
You may also respond to this mail through; mary11@tsamail.co.za <http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=mary11@tsamail.co.za>
Yours faithfully
Mrs. Rosemary Kwaku

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