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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: "anthony maynard" <anthonymaynard3@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:39:22 -0500
Subject: notification of prize award

GLOBALUM PROMO LOTTERY.
163 EDGWARE ROAD
LONDON W2 2DT,
UNITED KINGDOM.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: GPL /265104606213/05
BATCH: GPL/00307/IPD

FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION,

RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today 12th September, 2005,
of winners of the GLOBALUM PROMO LOTTERY,UNITED KINGDOM/ INTERNATIONAL,
PROGRAMS held for the month of January through to August, 2005.

Your company/email address, attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with
serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £733,302.00
{equivalent US$1,300,000.00} in cash credited to file REF NO. GPL
/265104606213/05. This is from total prize money of £13,594,303 {equvalent
US$24,100,000.00} shared among the eighteen international winners in various
categories category.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form
25,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and
Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted
annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with a Security company,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 to your
account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of
you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$13 million
International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact our foreign service manager:

ATTN: Mr.Norbert Young
EMAIL:nobertyoung@lexpress.net

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th of 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 your agent.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotions program.

Sincerely,
Anthony Maynard.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,GLOBALUM PROMO
LOTTERY, UK.

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