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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: "Douglas Randall" <fiduciaryagentoffice@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: fagent@di-ve.com
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:30:32 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION LUCKY WINNER,

ATTENTION LUCKY WINNER,


I am Mr.Douglas Randall the fiduciary agent assigned to your case. I wish to
Congratulate you on your victory, you are a lucky person to have won this
lottery. Your email address was amongst those chosen this quarter from our
new java-based software that randomly selects email addresses from the web
from which winners are selected globally. You are required to forward the
following details to help facilitate the processing of your claims and
winning certificate which will facilitate the release of your winnings.

Your winning price is to the tune of Two Million Euros.
1. Full names.
2. Phone number.
3. Fax number.
4. Occupation.
5. Sex.
6. Age.
7. Nationality.

You are advised to forward this information as soon as possible to enable us
attend to your winnings. Our firm has been contracted to handle payments on
your behalf, once we confirm your information, your payments would be
processed . Everything was done in such a way that our payments mode would
meet the standards set by the Lottery boards.After you have sent down these
information, a certificate will be prepared for you. This is to be your
proof of winning from this office to the payment center before they release
your funds.


Be advised that your winnings would be paid to you in Four(4) installments
of 500,000.00 Euros {Five Hundred Thousand Euros}. This is done because of
the amount won by you. This money would be paid to you on instalmental basis
via the Correspondent Bank of the Lottery promoters. You are advised to keep
your winning price secret to avoid unscrupulous elements from taking
advantage of the situation.

Once again, congratulations.


Sincerely,
MR. DOUGLAS RANDALL
Douglas Randall & Associates
50 Broadway
Westminster
London SW1H OBL
United Kingdom

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