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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: "BBN LOTTERY PROMO LTD" <bbnlottry@bbnlottry-netherland.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: payment_UK@bbnbank-london.com
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 01:48:55 -0700
Subject: Lottery Winning Notification,final notice

From: The management of BBN lottery Promo UK Ltd,
65, leaden hall street London, EC3A 2AD.
Ref: egoghs2551256005010
Batch: 14/01259/ipd

Attn: Dear Winner,

We're pleased to officially inform you of the announcement of today the 8th of September 2005, of winners of the BBN Lottery Promo.Ltd, London, United Kingdom.

This international program was held on 30th of August 2005 and your email address attached to ticket number 113-2471-752-209, with serial number 5063-11 drew the lucky numbers 31-24-14-37-18-43, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have won in the "C" category, therefore you have been approved for lump sum pay out of €2.750, Million (Two Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros) in cash credited to file Reference number: REF: EGOGHS255125600510. This is from total prize money of €66, Million Euros shared among the seventeen hundred international winners overall and *Twenty Four* winners in this category. All participants were selected by a computer ballot system drawn from 225,000 e-mail addresses from Australia, Africa, Europe, North America, New Zealand and Asia without their consent, which is why we are contacting you to be sure the email addresses, belongs to you winners and this is to promote Int!
ernet/Microsoft worldwide..

CONGRATULATIONS!! Your fund, which is in form of certified check in your names, is now with the payment department waiting to be delivered to you. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted/transferred to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or some miscreants/unscrupulous acts by some of our staffs in this program.

To begin your claim, please contact our International Claim Agent: Mr. Jean Smith, Telephone: +44-703-184-5908, +44-703-194-8965, Fax: +44-709-286-7451 office hour or e-mail :( payment_UK@bbnbank-london.com). Also all the 24 winners are entitled of a return ticket to England, and a bank draft /certified checks as payment. Remember that all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th September 2005. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your Correspondences with the agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address or e-mail address, do inform the claims agent as soon as possible! Congratulations once again from all our staff.

Sincerely,

Mr.Hartz Ruestenstuck.
Director of operations,
For: Lotto bbn Promo Ltd

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