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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: "Richard Mcbride" <doprmcbride@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:18:41 +0000
Subject: Winning Notification!!

Our Ref: PC/2UK02/H7
Batch: A4/005/089
MEGA LOTTO
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#456) of the MegaLotto promo
Lottery,online Sweepstakes International program held on Friday 26th of
November,2005 as part of our annual bonanza.You or your company, attached to
ticket # 5412-6321-507, with serial # 211200-01 drew the lucky numbers
42-18-01-81-73, and consequently won the lottery in the "Gold"category.You
have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$20,500,000.00 in
cash credited to REF# PC/12/G8OOX, which subsequently won you the lottery in
the file BJQ/809G811/50.This is from a total cash prize of
$123,063,634,shared amongst six(6) lucky winners in different categories.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.
This promotion takes place quarterly.

HOW TO CLAIM PRIZE
Your fund is now deposited with Investasure Financial Services Limited.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to
you.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program.
To file for your claim, please contact your claim agent at the security
House:
Mr. Ryan Dever
Tel:44-703-190-3458
Fax:44-703-040-2970
Email:ryandever@mixmail.com

THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY GAMES RULES
The rules and procedures of the international lottery game
as amended from time to time, governs this game and the sale of the ticket
to you as the Case may be, or otherwise, prize winning and all aspect of
this game are subject to these rules and procedures.
The ticket and reference number issued is the only valid proof of your
number Selection and is the only valid receipt for claiming a prize. Prizes
must be claimed within 30 days after the draw Date on the notification mail.
Prizes must be claimed in the manner stated on the notification mail.
The promoters accepts no responsibility for tickets cancelled in error or
for the entries given different from the central computer entries. Tickets
shall not be allocated to persons under the age of 16.

THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY GAME IS RUN AND PROMOTED BY THE PARIS CLUB UNDER
LICENCES BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.

Congratulations.

Richard McBride.
Online coordinator,
MEGALOTTO PROMO LOTTERY

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