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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: "Information Department" <depart_info70@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:24:03 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTICE:

FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY
Dear Lucky Winner,
RE: LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of Lotto Netherlands International Lotteryprograms.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodiespicked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No
tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail
address emerged as one of two winners in the category "A" with the
following:
Ref Number: 35149/337-5247/LNI
Batch Number:26371545-LNI/2004
Ticket Number:54866235
You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize
of
1,500.000.(ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS ONLY) each from the
total payout. Your prize awards has been insured with your e-mail
address and will be transfered to you upon meeting our
requirements,statutory obligations,
verifications, validations and satisfactory report.
To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings
you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for
category "A" winners with
the informatiom below:
Mr. Van Doorn
Financial Director,
Netherlands Development Finance Company,
E-mail:claimagent23@netscape.net
Phone number +31-649-208-996

Anybody under the age of 18 and members of the
affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to
participate in thisprogram.

Thank you and congratulations!!!
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Mildred Hugo
Games/Lottery Coordinator.
De Lotto Netherlands

International
www.lotto.nl

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