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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: "SOUTH LONDON INTL LOTTERY PROMO" <southlottprom@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: globalsefinuk@excite.com
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:12:09 +0100
Subject: RE:CONGRATULATIONS




SOUTH LONDON INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.
BOROUGH HIGH STREET SE1 LONDON
Ref no-fl/04/736207152/uk/bv
Batch no-24/00319/ipd

Dear Winner,

We are please to announce to you as one of the 10 lucky winners (ONLINE SUPERBUCK) in the South London LOTTERY draw held on 25th of August 2005 but result was finally released today 15/09/2005 . All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails through a computer ballot system.Your winning email falls within our United Kingdom/Europe processing/remittance centre in London.Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2 winner in this year's Annual South London Lottery Draw.

Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of US$1M. (One Million United States Dollars) only.The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) Email ticket number: FL-754/22/76
(iii) Lotto code number: FL-09622UK
(iv) The file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK

Winners of South London lottery programms are selected through email computer ballot system world wide which include: europe,USA,all american continents,australia,new-zealand,asia,Africa,middle-east.

Your award prize money is now deposited with our paying bank in London,U.K.

All reply/correspondence to our companys email address: globalsefinuk@excite.com

You are urgently advice to contact our/your Approved claims officer (Mr James William c/o Global Security & Finance Ltd) or email us as soon as possible confirming your winning, for the immediate release of your prize:

Mr James William
Global Security&Finance(uk) Ltd
TEL:0044 -- 7810094248
Email: globalsefinuk@excite.com


N.B:Steps to claim your prize;
1.Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claim officer.
2.Winners should send to claim officer account detail or address where they want their check paid or sent.
3.Winners must send your: Names,Address,telephone number and means of identification (international passport or drivers licence) to the claims officer Mr.James William. to process and make immediate payment of their prize.
Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

The South London Email Lottery Promotion draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.

.Due to ------
some mixed up of some email addresses, we ask that you keep this award a top
secret from the public notice until your claim has been processed and your prize
money remitted to your account as this is a part of our Security protocol to avoid double claiming the award prize money or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants.please contact the issuing authority, your prize claim officer
Mr James William) for processing and remittance of your award prize
money.

Remember,all prize money must be claimed not later than 28st of September 2005. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed to South London Lottery Promotion Board.

Note: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember
to quote your reference and batch numbers in every of your correspondence with
your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change in address do inform your
claims office as soon as possible.

Please remember to ask for your prize claim certificate. Congratulation again from all members of our staffs and management of South London Lottery Promotions.

Thank you for being part of our programm.

Sincerely,
Sophia Halendale
Promotions Manager
South London
Lottery Promotions.
UK & Europe.

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