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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: "VERTEX SECURITY COMPANY" <santalucia@whipmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: vertexsecuritas@zwallet.com
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:25:17 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION AWARD

LOTTERY LA PRIMITIVA.
C/BUSMAN EL BUENO,137 MADRID - ESPANA.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LP/26510460037/02 BATCH: 24/00319/IPD
ATTENTION:
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement, of winners of
the LOTTERY
PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKES/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 20th October, 2004.
Your name is attached to ticket number 004-05117963-198, with
serial number 99375 drew the lucky numbers 06-18 -23-27-41-43, and
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of EUROS 1.056.828.20
(One million, fifty six thousand, eighty hundred and twenty eight euros eighty cent only) in cash credited to file No:LP/26510460037/02.This is
from
total prize money of EUROS 80,400,000.00 shared among the twenty
two international winners in this category. All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 20,000 names
from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and
Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your
fund is now insured to your name. Due to the mix up of some
numbers and
names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice
until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to
your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a
part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high
stakes Euros1.1 billion International Lottery. To begin your
claim, please contact VERTEX SECURITY COMPANY MADRID
.Reply to this mail address, EMAIL:vertexsecuritas@zwallet.com
SPAIN ,PHONE NUMBER (+34 659 128 375),
PETERSON LOPEZ (OPERATION MANAGERS). For due processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated account . Remember,
all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th September, 2004. After
this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. NOTE: In order
to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to
quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with the security company . Furthermore, should
there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent
as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotions programm.
Sincerely,
PETERSON LOPEZ.

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