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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: "Graceful Heart" <gracefulheart1@msn.com>
Reply-To: claimofficers012@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:45:44 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend

NOTE: "THE INFORMATION IN THIS MESSAGE
CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND
IS INTENDED SOLELY FOR THE ATTENTION AND USE OF THE
NAMED ADDRESSEE. IT MUST NOT BE DISCLOSED TO
ANY PERSON(S) WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION. IF YOU ARE NOT
THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, OR A PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR
DELIVERING IT TO THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE NOT
AUTHORIZED TO AND MUST NOT,DISCLOSE COPY DISTRIBUTE OR
RETAIN THIS MESSAGE OR ANY PART OF IT.”


RE: MUTUAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

This letter may come as a surprise to you, but from a sincere mind,with
Honest desire for your assistance to establish a business relationship with
you. I got to know your address from the international economic and trade
website. In my research for an honest, trust worthy and God fearing
individual who might assist me implement investment aspirations.
In brief introduction i am a staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTREY UK
i would like to introduce to you a mutually benefitting business which
will fetch us some funds to pursue any business aspirations you might have.
To be as brief as possible, i would like you to act as a front in our weekly
games (euromillions international lotto.)
due to uncliamed prizes the winning payment as increased to a
whooping £30,000,000 .(thirty million pounds).
The prizes are usually shared amongst a certian number of winners around the
six continents and i would like you to be a part of the winners to claim a
specific prizes.
Which will be in the range of £8,000,000 (eight million pounds).
I will provide you with a winning ticket and particulars
which you will use to claim our funds.
I hope you are aware of the level of trust involved in this
relationship.
The prize will be shared based on percentage, 50:50
you can be assured that i will fulfill my own part of the
job, by providing all the neccessary documents you will need to claim the
prize.Finally i need your promise that no official of THE NATIONAL LOTTREY
will be aware of my involvement in this regard.

If you are willing and capable and ready to conclude this business with
me,you write to me immediately, so that we can have a chat over this issue
and i will furninsh you with every details so that we can conclude this
transaction once and for all, and this transaction will only take seven
working days.But if the reverse is the case,do not bother yourself to reach
me because this is purely business.

regards

Marylyn Bart
Returning-Officers
EUROMILLIONS INTERNATIONAL LOTTO

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