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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: "UNITEDKINGDOM FREELOTTO" <post_leaders@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:35:41 +0000
Subject: Award Notification.

The Promotions Manager,
The Lotto People www.freelotto.com
PO Box 42 United Kingdom

Award Notification.

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today 30/08/05 of your
selection as one of the five winners of the promotional Free Lotto
Sweepstakes held recently as part of our EXPERIMENTAL BONANZA. You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,400,000.00USD.
(One Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars.) We in the Free Lottery
Sweepstakes is by this program, Launching our model computer balloting
lottery
draws, developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever-growing
number of participants in our various lottery programs. With funds accrued
exclusively from previous draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and
will be
transferred in record time. After randomly selecting 15,000
participants from an initial database of 300,000 emails, all participants
were
selected through a computer ballot system from the Middle East, Asia,
Africa,
Canada, Europe, USA and South America as part our international Promotions
Program, which was conducted in view of launching ourselves into the
Sweepstakes
Industry Worldwide and zoning all participants by their respective
continents from across the globe, we produced an extensive list from
which you have emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize. You
are
to contact our agents by email within a week of receiving this notice.
Please find full contact details below:

Mr.Williams Miller
External service manager,
Free lotto sweepstakes
United Kingdom
EMAIL: willymiller@myway.com
Tel:+447031918858
Website www.freelotto.com

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember
to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your claims agent

REF NO: MELI-T/ 17-F044262312 Batch
No:901/00319/HLP
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-003 Grand Draw No: 12099
Congratulations once again.

--------------------------------------------------------------- We also
encourage you to visit our website at www.freelotto.com and take your
chance to play and become part of our daily winners. Millions are won on a
daily basis on one of the world's most famous free lotto services.

Anti-fraud resources:

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