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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: ROYAL NETHERLANDS <carolhes7@netscape.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 02:08:50 +0100
Subject: NOTIFICATION!!!

FROM:PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF ROYAL NETHERLANDS
SWEEPSTAKES BV WINNING
NOTICE FOR CATEGORY B WINNER - Ref
No:RNS/01/1836547290/NL

We are happy to inform you that your email address has been selected as
one of the lucky email addresses in the category "B" of the online
lotto conducted by our company ROYAL NETHERLANDS SWEEPSTAKES BV here in
Amsterdam. CONGRATULATIONS! The cyber-Lotto was conducted by a first of
its kind automated computer balloting system, where by email addresses (25,000 email addresses),were
extracted from all continents of the world. A draw was held in different categories and winners emerged
from different parts of the world and they are entitled to various cash prizes depending on their different
categories. Thus, you are entitled to a prize money of €2,500,000,00 (Two Million, Five Hundred
Thousand Euros).

Reference number for your prize is:
RNS/01/1836547290/NL,
Ticket number:RNS/147/01/80.
As a category B winner, you have been selected by computer balloting
system where only email addresses are soughted,from a total number of 25,000 addresses drawn from all
over the globe. After an automated computer ballot of our International Promotions Program, only FIVE
winners emerged in this category and therefore each are to receive payouts of €2.5,000,000,00 (Two
Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euros) from the total of €12,500,000.00 (TWELVE MILLION,FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS).

To immediately claim your prize, please contact our Category "B" financial handlers below are the
contact information of their financial director:

Mr.Van Maroney
Financial Director
Tel: +31 649 210 097
Tel/Fax: +31 614 612 337
email: Vmaroney7@netscape.net, vmaroney@zwallet.com

Provide Prize reference number-RNS/01/1836547290/NL
and winning ticket number-RNS/147/01/80 for confirmation. In your best interest(s), you must initiate
contact within two weeks of receipt of this correspondence.

Mr.Maroney is to handle all matters with regards to claiming of your prize money. You are also advised to
send a copy of this email, to your claims agent Mr. Van Maroney, when contacting him.

You may be required to provide any of the above information during the process of collecting your prize.

We congratulate you once again and it is our hope that you participate in any of our international
programs in the nearest future.

Thank you.
Sincerely,
Caroline Hesnik

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