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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: "CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR LOTTERY AWARD PREMIO." <carmenlop2004@wanadoo.es> (may be fake)
Reply-To: vertex2005@wanadoo.es
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:23:26 +0100
Subject:

LOTTERIA LA PRIMITIVA.
C/ GUZMAN EL BUENO ,137 MADRID,SPAIN.


FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LP/26510460037/02 BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

( CONGRATULATION)


AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement, of winners of the
LOTTERY PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKES/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 19th january,2005.
Your Datas was attached to ticket number 004-05117963-1969, with serial
number 99375 drew the lucky numbers 24-33 -34-35-36-42, and consequently
won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved
the sum of 847,828,00 EUROS(Eight hundred and forty seven thousand,eight
hundred and twenty eight Euros) in cash credited
to file No:LP/26510460037/02.This is from total prize money
shared among the twenty two international winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form
25,000 names from diffrent countries around the world
as part of International Promotions Program, which is being conducted
annually. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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.
To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent,

MR ALBERTO TORRES (FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGERS)
Email: (vertex2005@wanadoo.es )
Telephone:-00-34-662 065 172.

for due processing and remittance of your prize money to your
designated account.
Remember, all prize money must be
claimed not later than 20th MARCH, 2005. 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 of your correspondences with your agent.
Furthermore, make sure you include your telephone numbers,
so that your claim agent can contact you if need arises,
please its very important your contact telphone numbers.
Congratulations again from all our
staff and thank you for being part of our promotions programm.

(CONGRATULATION)

REGARDS

M.Carmen.LOPEZ

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