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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: "uk promo" <notification@intlsweeptakepromo.com>
Reply-To: intlottopromo@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:59:10 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

WINNING NOTIFICATION
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
ENGLAND-28080. UNITED KINGDOM (UK).
REF Nº: EPSL/25003127/CSL/02.
BATCH Nº: 0007571982.

ATTN: WINNER,
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you of the release of the results LOTERIA
PRIMITIEF/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM, Held 16th may 2005 Your email address name
attached to a ticket number 025-1146992-750 with serial number 2113-05 drew
the lucky numbers 4-18-24-30-31-35 which consequently won the lottery in the
3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of
1,625,000.39 (One Million Six Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand Pounds and
Thirty-Nine Pennies) in cash credited to the file reference number: EPSL
25003127/CSL/02.

This is from a total cash price of 20,368,770.00 (Twenty million three
hundred and sixty-eight thousand, seven hundred and seventy pounds only)
shared among the seventeen international winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Your fund is now deposited with our correspondence bank insured to your
name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names , we advice that you keep
this award from public notice until your claiming is fully processed, due to
unwarranted publicity and the safety of your winning information. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Europe and North
America as part of our international promotions program which we conduct
once every year. We hope that with part of your prize, you will part-take in
our end of year high stake 1,300,000,000.00 international lottery.

To begin your claim please contact your claim agent:
Broadway Finance & Security.
UNITED KINGDOM (UK).
Mr. Charles Stanley(Foreign Services Manager)
Tel:+44 7031848799
Fax:+44 8700685113
Email:broadwayuk07@uk2.net

For the immediate processing and remittance of your prize fund into your
designated bank account.

Note: All prize funds must be claimed before the 14th october 2005 after
this date, all funds will be returned to the DEPARTEMENT VAN ECONOMIA EN
LANDGOED of the United Kingdom as unclaimed.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please endeavour to
quote your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence with us to
your claim agent. Furthermore, should there be any change in your address do
inform your claim agent as soon as possible. Congratulation once again from
all members of our staff and thank you for being part of our promotion
program.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. Please ensure to contact your claim agent immediately.

Best Regards
The Management

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