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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: "MARIA STEPHEN" <mariastephen_5@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:03:29 +0000
Subject: ROLLS ROYCE 100TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA


ROLLS ROYCE MOTOR CARS
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
1 ROLLS ROYCE AVENUE
ROYCE COURTYARD
LONDON, SW1V 3DW
UNITED KINGDOM

ROLLS ROYCE 100TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA

This is to inform you of the release of email balloting held on the 25th of
august 2005 ,by ROLLS ROYCE MOTOR CARS on it's 100th anniversary.For the
first time ever ROLLS ROYCE MOTOR CARS have decided to celebrate it's 100th
anniversary by awarding £1,000,000.00 (One Million POUND STERLING) each to
20 lucky winners who were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from only Microsoft users from over 30,000.00 companies and 5,000,000
individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
However, the results were released on 5th september 2005 and your email
was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £1,000,000.00 each on the 100th
anniversary of the ROLLS ROYCE MOTOR CARS, and your email was attached to
ticket number RR38844240 and ballot number 00147.
In other to claim your £1,000,000.00 prize winning, which has been
deposited in a designated bank. However,you will have to fill the form below
and send it to the Promotion manager of this company for verification and
then you will be directed to the bank where a cheque of £1,000,000.00 has
already been deposited in your name.

NAME:..................................................................
AGE:...................................................................
SEX:..................................................................
ADDRESS:...............................................................
EMAIL:................................................................
PHONE:.................................................................
NUMBER.................................................................
OCCUPATION:..........................................................
COMPANY:...............................................................
COUNTRY:..............................................................

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to our
Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your fund from the
designated bank.
CONTACT NAME: Mr.JOHN SMITH(PROMOTIONS MANAGER)
CITY/ COUNTRY:London, United Kingdom.
TEL: +44-703-4845-752
FAX: 0044-870-0689-981
EMAIL: johnsmith_rollsroycepromomanager@yahoo.co.uk
Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.
This E-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use
of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain
Information that is privileged, proprietary, confidential and exempted from
disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any
dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly
prohibited.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Maria Stephen.

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