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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: andersontasha@handbag.com
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:48:23 +0200
Subject: Ground Prize Winner Notification:

LAVIVA INTER-LOTTO. SP. LAVIVA LOTTO-Wheel E-game 2005,
Date: 12th - 07 - 2005
Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP

Dear promotional Prize Winner,

RE: PROMOTIONAL PRIZE WINNER NOTICE Europe/ America private
international e-games organizers and co-sponsors, LAVIVA LOTTO Group Inte=
rnational,officially
bring to your notice of the final draw result of the 11th July-2005 LAVIV=
A
LOTTO Wheel E-game which was conducted at our international corporate off=
ice
complex in Madrid,Spain.

We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email
coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky consultation prize wi=
nners.

Your email ID identified with coupon No.PBL2348974321 and was selected by=

our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 d=
ifferent
email addresses drawn for the E-game. Your email ID was included among th=
e
50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international e=
mail
provider companies.

You have won a consultation cash prize of US $1,000.000,00 (One Million U=
S
Dollars) only. The LAVIVA LOTTO Group. SP, have approved a payout of your=

consultation cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the
official Payment Agency Board. Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to
you complete assistance and provide additional information and processes
for the claims of your consultation prize.

For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU
Information Officer MR.ALEX WILLIAMS,who has been assigned to assist you
on or before eight days on reciept of this notification.

Contact Info: You are to call Mr.Williams Immediately on his number
listed for further instructions accordingly.

Mr.Alex Williams.
useralex6270@netscape.net .
Tel:+34-637-718-421.

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your promotional
prize winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming LAVIVA LOTTO
END OF YEAR -Wheel Email-games.

Regards,

Mrs. Tasha Anderson.
(Group Coordinator) .


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Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005.
Cheap flights - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/flights/
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