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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: "AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY PROMOTION" <helpdesk@infoalp.com>
Reply-To: info_a_l@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 09:01:20 +0000
Subject: FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATIONS.

Date 20/08/2005
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC


CONGRATULATIONS

Dear winner,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize
release on the 5th of August. 2005 from the
Australian International Lottery programme.
Which is fully based on an electronic selection of
winners using their e-mail addresses.Your name was
attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902
serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky
numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42bonus number 17,which
consequently won the lottery in the second
category.
You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in
cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total
cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this
category. All participant were selected through
a computer balloting system drawn form Nine
hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,
Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East,
Africa and Oceania as part of our international
promotions program which is conducted annually. This
Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate
of some multinational companies as part of their
social, responsibility to the citizens in the
commmunities where they have operational base.
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within
our European representative office in
Armsterdam,Holland,as indicated in your play coupon
and your prize of US$500,000.00 will be released to
you from this regional branch office in HOLLAND. We
hope with part of your prize, you will participate in
our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply
contact our fiducial agent,MR. ERIC WILLIAMS. at:-
eri_w_2005@yahoo.com
to file for your claim . Please quote your
reference,batch and winning number which can be found
on the top left corner of this notification as well as
your full name, address and telephone number to help
locate your file easily. For security reasons, we
advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is
processed and your prize released to you. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by
non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all
winnings MUST be claimed by the 20th of August, 2005;
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually donated to charity.
Congratulations once again on your wining.

PLEASE REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR
CLAIMS AGENT AT:eri_w_2005@yahoo.com
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF
THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
CALL OUR LONDON AGENT PHILLIP MOORE AT: +447031917611. or +447031917607 or
+447031917604

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