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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: "CAMELOT PROMOTION" <camelotcentre12@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:50:35 +0000
Subject: PERSONAL

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
CAMELOT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, UK
3b Houghton Way, St James Centre,
Leicester City, L30 1RD



REF NO: MELI-T/ 17-F044262312
BATCH: 901/00319/HLP

AWARD WINNING APPROVAL: FINAL NOTICE.

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of
the CAMELOT JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS, PROGRAMS held on the
26th OCTOBER ,2005.
Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to ticket
number 9901-0148-790-691, with serial number 6109-17 drew the lucky
numbers 990-11-815-37-10-83, and consequently won the lottery in the
2nd
category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$300,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO: MELI-T/ 17-F044262312
This is from total prize money of US$9,000,000.00 shared among the
Thirty (30)international winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from twenty five thousand names from Australia, New Zealand, America,
Europe, North America and Asia, as part of International Promotions
Program, which is conducted annually. Your fund has been deposited
in an escrow account and insured in your name. Due to the mix up of
some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from
public notice until your claim as 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 ear high
stakes one hundred million dollars International Lottery.

To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims
department by email:

Mr. Duke Edwards
Email:agentduke_camelotinfo@uk2.net
agentduke2005@yahoo.co.uk

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

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than the 2nd
November
2005.All funds not claimed on or before the fixed date will be returned
as unclaimed.


NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all
correspondences
with this office. Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform us as soon as possible.

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

Sincerely,

Mrs Jane Littlewood
For Camelot lotto;

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result in disqualification and any winner below the age of 18years is
automatically disqualified



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