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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: "han Faknar" <hanfaknar@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrjvodjaerk@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:11:59 +0000
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION OF $3,000,000

ATTENTION:
Sir/Ma RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,
15th December, 2004. of winners of the GRANDPREMIUM PROMO LOTTERY, THE NETHERLANDS/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held on 30TH of November, 2004.

Your winning email address, is attached to ticket number
023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11 drew with
lucky numbers 43-21-54-37-10-43, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of Three Million United
States Dollars in cash credited to file REF NO.
AMXXL/25041238013/03 and BATCH NO:00-190/117/X5. This is
from total prize money of Fity One United States Dollar
shared among the seventeen international winners in this
category. All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from a collation of email addresses
belonging to all frequent internet users from all over the world from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotion Program, which is conducted bi-annually. CONGRATULATIONS!
Your funds are now deposited with our corresponding bank,and would be transferred to you as soon as I hear from you.Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we hereby advise you to you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your designated account or send to me your preference as regards your desired method of transfer of your funds to you. 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 this prize, you
will participate in our end of year high stakes
1.3billion(UNITED STATES DOLLARS) International Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent MR.JAERK VODJAERK. FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER GRANDPREMIUMLOTTERY
AMSTERDAM-THE NETHERLAND EMAIL:mrjvodjaerk@hotmail.com
with the listed information which should include your FULL NAMES, AGE, SEX,MARITAL STATUS ,NATIONALITY,CONTACT POSTAL ADDRESS, TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER,
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, all prize
money must be claimed not later than 15th January,
2005.After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed, and returned back to the NETHERLAND GOVERNMENT.
NOTE:In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your future correspondences.
Han Faknar

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