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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: osa henry <osa_computer@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:07:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATION ON YOUR WINNING.



BETTER DAYS PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME.

2 SHERATON STREET

SOHO, LONDON

W1F 8BH

UNITED KINGDOM



FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, REF NO: BD/AHD0206198122681 AND BATCH NO: WA/1101/BZ



ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM,



RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION



WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, 25TH SEPTEMBER 2005, OF WINNERS OF THE BETTER DAYS PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME HELD ON THE 29TH JULY, 2005 AS PART OF OUR THIRD QUARTER OF THE YEAR BONANZA. YOU OR YOUR COMPANY, ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER 2784-3456-273-101, WITH SERIAL NUMBER 5325-85 DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 74-634-56-753-2681, AND CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN CATEGORY A. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR A LUMP SUM PAY OUT OF £1,850, 000.00(ONE MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF NO: BD/AHD0206198122681.



THIS IS FROM A TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF £5,550,000.00(FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND, GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) SHARED AMONG 3 WINNERS IN THIS CATEGORY. ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOTING SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 120,000 EMAIL ADDRESSES FROM MIDDLE EAST, ASIA, AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE ,NORTH AMERICA AND OCEANIA AS PART OF OUR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY.



CONGRATULATIONS!!!



YOUR FUND IS NOW DEPOSITED WITH NEW DALE INSURANCE COMPANY. DUE TO THE MIX UP OF SOME NUMBERS AND EMAIL ADDRESSES, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THIS AWARD STRICTLY FROM PUBLIC NOTICE UNTIL YOUR CLAIMS 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 YOUR PRIZE, YOU WILL PARTICIPATE IN OUR END OF YEAR HIGH STAKES £23,000, 000.OO (TWENTY THREE MILLION POUNDS) INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.



TO BEGIN YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS REPRESENTATIVE;



MR. PAUL HENDRIKS

NEW DALE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON,

PHONE +44-703-191-5750

+44-703-191-5766

FAX : +44-703-191-5766

EMAIL: uk_lottory@mighty.co.za



FOR DUE PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO A DESIGNATED ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE. REMEMBER, YOU MUST CONTACT NEW DALE INSURANCE COMPANY, NOT LATER THAN 14(FOURTEEN) DAYS UPON RECEIPT OF THIS NOTIFICATION. AFTER THIS DATE, ALL FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED.



ALL CORRESPONDENCES TO MR. PAUL HENDRIKS, EITHER BY FAX OR EMAIL, SHOULD HAVE THIS EMAIL SENT ALONG WITH IT AND ALSO, YOUR FULL ADDRESS, YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO WHICH THIS EMAIL IS SENT, SHOULD BE CLEARLY AND BOLDLY WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE TO YOUR CLAIMS REPRESENTATIVE.



NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS IN EVERY ONE OF YOUR CORRESPONDENCES TO NEW DALE INSURANCE COMPANY.



FURTHERMORE, SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF YOUR ADDRESS, DO INFORM YOUR CLAIMS REPRESENTATIVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.



CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE AGAIN FROM ALL OUR STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR PROMOTIONS PROGRAM.



SINCERELY,

(MS.) WENDY JACOBS

THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,

BETTER DAYS PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME.



N.B. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS REPRESENTATIVE.






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