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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: "CONTINENTAL LOTTERIES S.A." <nent@whipmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:40:18 +0200
Subject: CONTINENTAL LOTTERIES WINNERS

THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
CONTINENTAL LOTTERIES S.A.
C/O´DONNELL 306,
28830 MADRID
SPAIN.
Ref: 41/9606/CL
Batch: WC/ES/3314-2165

11-10-2004.

WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

Congratulations first category prize winner! You have been selected as one of six winners of the Worldwide Continental Lotteries, Madrid-Spain, computer ballot draws, therefore will be a privileged receiver of the grand prize of €815.505,40 (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIVE EURO FOURTY CENTS ONLY).Your e-mail address was attached to the winning ticket number 010-210950. This lottery is promoted and sponsored by multinationals companies of the european union eminent personalities. We in the Worldwide Continental Lotteries, Spain is by this program, diversifying our computer balloting model lotteries draws, developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever growing number of participants in our various lotteries programs. With funds accrued from previous draws and unclaimed prizes payouts to all winners is guaranteed and your prize money will be remitted to your designated account in a record time.
After randomly selecting 25,000 participants from an initial database of
4.500.000 emails and zonings, by their respective continents from across
the World, we produced an extensive list from which you have emerged as
one of the lucky winners of the Grand Draw prize.
To process your winnings and prize payment, you are to get in contact
with your prize claim agent below;
Mr.EDWARDO SOLER,
(Prize claims handler)
e-mail: eddsoler@whipmail.com or eddsoler@excite.com
Tel: +34 60 6517232
Please find all your relevant winning information below:
Draw Serial No:778-1040.
Winning No: 3 - 7 - 14 - 21 - 33 - 46.
You are advised to keep this lottery winning information to yourself,
untill you receive your prize money, this is in line with our security
policies, to avoid double claims and misapropriations of the Lottery
funds as it has happened in the past.
Please direct all further communications and enquiries to your category
Prize Claim Handler. Congratulations once again from Continental Lotteries. Thank you for being part of our promotional proram
NOTE: Anybody under the age of 18 is disqualified in this program.

Sincerely,

JAVIER OCHOA SUAREZ,
International Promotions Manager,
CONTINENTAL LOTTERIES,MADRID-SPAIN.

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