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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: bbigbucks@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 08:57:51 -0800
Subject: REAL CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the FreeLotto draw held on the 31st of October, 2005. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails.Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2 winner in this year's Annual BIGBUCKS Draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of US$1,000,000 (One Million United States Dollars) only.The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-777
(ii) email ticket number: DDB772/13/777
(iii) lotto code number: BB/SA/DD-9084
(iv) the file Ref number: DD/08/6766777/SA/BA

Please contact the underlisted claims officer on or before 14TH NOVEMBER, 2005 Deadline for the immediate release of your winnings:

MR. MARCEL BANIGO
Chief financial Director
The BigBucks Lotto Company

TEL:- +27731130948
FAX:- +27115076542
EMAIL: bbigbucks@excite.com

Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims officer.

Winners should send to claim officer address
where they want their prize paid or sent.

Winners must send their names, address, telephone number
and means of identification (international passport or drivers licence)to claim officer, via email or fax, to process the immediate payment of your prize. NOTE: Winners should erase their Social Security Numbers before sending Identity documents.


Once again on behalf of all our staff,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
Theresa Packlane.
Promotions Manager
The Lotto company
Africa, UK & Europe.

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The BigBucks Awards is proudly sponsored by a conglomeration of other international IT companies.The BigBucks internet draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.We are proud to say that over US$5Million are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.


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