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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: "Muira Ruhkel" <muiraruhkel4striker@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 03:10:53 -0500
Subject: AWARD WINNER 2005 PDV/THE STRIKERMILLION LOTTERY

THE STRIKERMILLION LOTTERY
PDV Ltd
Monmouth House
40 Artillery Lane
London
E1 7LS

Dear Winner,
RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the free online cyber
lotto
Draws of the striker million lotto especially for online cyber users.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000
E-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an
advanced
automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were
sold.
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as
one of
ten winners in the category "A" with the following:
(A) Winning numbers: 37-13-43-54-67-11
(B) Email ticket number: Sw/754/22/76
(C) Lotto ref number: Sw/09622UK
(D) Pdv special number: pdv/04/736207152/UK
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of
£1,000,000.00
Pound Sterling.
To begin your lottery claim, please contact our the coordinator below
that
have been appointed for the processing of your claim with your contact
telephone and fax number to begin the processing of your payment.

CONTACT NAME: Mr Adams Rechard
CITY/ COUNTRY: LONDON, ENGLAND
Payment office Coordinator,
TELEPHONE: +44-703-196-4415
+44-703-196-4423
FAX: + 871- 661 -5261
EMAIL: officeradamsrechard2005pdv@gmail.com

It is imperative that you contact your assigned payment coordinator
within two weeks of receipt of this missive via the aforementioned
details
conveyed herein. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included
in subsequent promos. Please note in order to avoid preventable delays
and Complications please remember to quote your Pdv special numbers and
Lotto ref numbers in all correspondence.
You are required keep this award to yourself, especially your
particulars, until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to
you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by hackers and abusers of this program.
Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Rita Davis (Mrs.)
Promotion Secretary
Dr Vincent Anthony.
PROMOTION MANAGER.
........................................................................
.........................................................GOVERNMENT
ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS.PDV LTD IS registered under the
Data
Protection Act (Registration Z720633X).
THE STRIKERMILLION LOTTERY PROMOTION IS OFFICIALLY SPONSOR BY PDV LTD,
LAKE WOOD GROUP OF COMPANY IN COLLABORATION WITH, TELLS COMPUTERS INC,
AND FSB INTERNATIONAL.

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