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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: "lottery coordinator" <lotterycoordinator2@promotion-unitedkingdom.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:15:41 +0000
Subject: congratulation

FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDDEPARTMENT, UK.

Dear Winner,
We are please to announce you as oneof the 6 lucky winners in the IMPERIAL
LOTTERY draw held on 3rd ofseptember. All 6 winning addresses were randomly
selected from a batch of40,000 international emails. Your email address
emerged alongside 5others as a 3rd category winner in this month's draw.

Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
£2,000,000Pounds( Two million pounds) only. The following particulars are
attachedto your lotto payment order:

(i) Winning numbers: 07, 15, 29,37, 48, 56
(ii) Email ticket number: 273-1-3221
(iii) Lotto batchnumber: 289-4PP
(iv) File Ref. number: IL6341-2

Pleasecontact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for
theimmediate release of your winnings:

MR. John Turrell
FOREIGNDEPARTMENT Director,
FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD.
Tel +44-704-011-6852
fax. +44-870-1311-505
Email:mr.johnturrell2@sify.com

Once again on behalf of all our staff,CONGRATULATIONS!!!


Sincerely,
Mr. Alan Bailey,
LOTTERYCOORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,UK.
RUSSELL SQUARE HOUSE 15-17,
RUSSELL SQUARE,
LONDON, WC1B5EH


N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 10 working days fromtoday.
2.Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claimsofficer.
3.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names oraddresses.
4.Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claimsagent.
_______________________________________________________________________

The INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK. isproudly sponsored
by financial Corp's,the Imperial group and aconglomeration of other
international IT companies. and is organized toencourage the use of the
internet and computers worldwide. We are proudto say that over 200 Million
Pounds are won annually in more than 150countries worldwide.


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