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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: "MRS.SUSSAN WILLIAMS" <omega_winning@msn.com>
Reply-To: omegawinning_205@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:44:19 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT WE HAVE JUST CONCLUDED A RANDOM EMAIL LOTTERY
HELD WORLDWIDE AND THAT YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER:
JKQ6432331922/021/301 IN THE FIRST CATEGORY HAS WON YOU A PRIZE.

YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED TO CLAIM A TOTAL SUM OF US$5.500, 000.00
(FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) BEING YOUR LUCKY
WIN THROUGH THE RANDOM SELECTION OF YOUR INTERNET EMAIL ADDRESS. CLAIM IS
EASY UPON PROPER IDENTIFICATION AND ADHERENCE TO GUIDELINES.

EMAIL ADDRESSES WERE SELECTED RANDOMLY FROM WORLD WIDE WEB SITES THROUGH
COMPUTER DRAW SYSTEM AND EXTRACTED FROM OVER 100,000 COMPANIES AND 500,000
INDIVIDUAL EMAIL ADDRESSES. THIS PROMOTION IS A NEW ANNUAL EVENT ORGANISED
BY MAJOR COMPUTER AND INTERNET COMPANIES IN APPRECIATION OF THE HUGE PROFIT
THE INDUSTRY HAS GENERATED WITHIN ITS SHORT LIFE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR LUCKY WINNING NUMBER FALLS WITHIN OUR EUROPEAN
PAYMENT ZONE AS ZONED BY COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN OF BENEFICIARIES COUPON.

IN VIEW OF THIS, YOUR U.S$5,500,000.00 (FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WOULD BE RELEASED TO YOU BY OUR PAYMENT
OFFICE IN U.K.

FOR CLAIMS, PLEASE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY OUR EUROPEAN PAYMENT OFFICER IN THE
NAME OF MR.DONALD BENSON ON EMAIL ADDRESS omegawinning_205@yahoo.co.uk HE
WILL GUIDE YOU ON HOW TO ACCESS YOUR WINNING FROM OUR WEBSITE BY PROVIDING
YOU WITH THE WINNING DETAILS AS WELL AS NUMBERS FOR ONWARD REMITTANCE OF THE
STIPULATED AMOUNT. WINNING DETAILS ARE WITHHELD TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMS AND
WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOU UPON ESTABLISHING CONTACT WITH HIM. YOU ARE ADVISED
TO KEEP THIS INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED CONTACT
WITH THE PAYMENT OFFICER TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMS.

PLEASE ACCEPT OUR CONGRATULATIONS.

SINCERELY YOURS,
SUSSAN WILLIAMS, MRS.
UK. EMAIL LOTTO CORDINATOR.

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