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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: "vera white" <verawhite123@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:09:30 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!

THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY
The Marina Offices,
upon Tyne, NE6 1HX
England
Dear Winner,

We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the
FreeLotto draw held on NOVEMBER 25, 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 FreeLotto Draw.

Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
1,000,000 pounds (one million pounds) only.The following particulars are
attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) lotto code number: FL09622UK
(iv) the file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK

Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for the
immediate release of your winnings:
Mr Vincent Morgan
Chief financial Director
The Freelotto Company
TEL:+44-7031844055
FAX:+44-7030403856
Email:vincemor60@excite.com
N.B:Steps to claiming your prize;
1.Winners must pay 480 pounds only or its equivalent in your local currency
as fee before claiming their prize for the processing and handling of award
by agent.
2.Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims
officer.
3.Winners should send to claim officer account detail or address where they
want their prize paid or sent.
4.Winners must send thier names,address,telephone number and means of
identification (international passport or drivers licence)to claim officer
to process immediate
payment of their prize.
Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
Vera White
Promotions Manager
The Lotto company
UK & Europe.

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