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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: "Prime Lotto" <primelotto.uk@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ronbrook@walla.com
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 07:57:16 +0000
Subject: Final Notice

PRIME LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY PROMOTION
Customer Service
17-19 Cole Street,
baines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.
REF. NO.PTP/UK/9420X2/68

BACTH NO:PTP/074/05/ZY/569


WINNING NOTIFICATION


FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT PRIME LOTTERY
INTERNATIONALPROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
NO:PTP/074/05/ZY/569
REF. NO. PTP/UK/9420X2/68
(Registration Z720633X).

Our Dear Winner,

You won the sum of usd$1.M, ( One million U.S.
Dollars from the Manchester regent online Lottery and Gaming
Corporation).The winning ticket was selected from a Data Base of Internet
Email
Users,from which your Email Address came out as the winning coupon.
We hereby contact you to claim the winning amount quickly as this is a
monthly lottery. Failure to claim your win will result into the
reversion of the fund to our following month lottery. You are therefore
requested
to contact immediately our Claims Department below quoting your winning
number : ROL-05215796.
Contact:

Mr.Ron Brook
Director Winning Claims Department
EMAIL :ronbrook@walla.com

Provide the following informations needed to process your winning
claim.
Full
name:.................................................................
Age:...........................................................................
Sex:.............................................................................
Residential address:................................................
Nationality:..............................................................
Occupation:..............................................................
Post
held:.................................................................
Tel(s):.......................................................................
Fax:............................................................................
Company name:.....................................................

For security reasons, you are advised to
keep your winning information confidential till
your claims is processed and your
money remitted to you in whatever manner
you deem fit to claim your prize. This is partn
of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program Please
be warned.
once again Congratulation
Regards.

Mary Bell,
Controller

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