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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: "lotto winning center" <lotto_winning_center2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: lotto_winning_center@yahoo.com.au
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 13:52:10 -0800
Subject: Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PRIZE RELEASE CENTRE
WINNING NOTIFICATION
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 29th of August
2005 from the Australian International Lottery programme. Your name was
attached to ticket number: 470617257056490902, serial number 7741137002.

This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number
17, which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby
have been approved a lump sum pay of US$3,800,000.00 (Three Million Eight
Hundred Thousand Dollars) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from
the total cash prize of US30,400,000.00 shared amongst eight lucky winners
in this category. All participants were selected through an e-balloting
system drawn from Nine Hundred Thousand names 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 name falls within our European representative office. As indicated in
your play coupon and your prize of US$3,800,000.00 will be released to you
from this regional branch office in Europe.

You are therefore, requested to furnish us with your reference, batch and
winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this
notification as well as your full names, address, telephone number,
occupation and date of birth to enable us process your winning.

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-participants or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed
by the 26th of September 2005 otherwise all funds will be returned as
unclaimed and eventually donate to charity

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours faithfully,

Michael Bruno
(Co-ordinator)

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