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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: Europese Unie INTERNATIONALE DE LOTERIJ VAN DE SOFTWARE E-MAIL <eulottery2005@netscape.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:41:00 +0100
Subject: EURO NEWS!

Europese Unie INTERNATIONALE DE LOTERIJ VAN DE SOFTWARE E-MAIL
DE INTERNATIONALE BEVORDERINGEN/TOEKENNING VAN DE PRIJS.
De Verrichtingen van de Europese Unie:
ADDRESS: KABELWG 40,1014 BA.HAARLEM THE NETHERLANDS

REF: HJP/PP2005-447
BATCH: 6390/P95/GC
ATTENTION:

RE AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE: HJP


This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD
GAMING BOARD held on the 10th January, 2005.

Your email address attached to ticket number 78-965110AC; with serial number 77350 draw the lucky
numbers 4-2-36-44, and consequently won the lottery in category A. You are therefore entitled to a cash
award US$750,000.00(SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND USD), file REF NO.
HJP/PP2005-447. This is from total prize money of US$4,850,000:00 shared among the international
winners in our category A-C.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 15,000 company email
addresses and 35,000,000 individual email addresses from across the Globe as part of International
Promotional Program, which is conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now in custody
of a Financial Security company insured in your FILE REFERENCE. Due to the mix up of some email
addresses, 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.

This lottery program was organized by our group of philanthropist promoted and sponsored by eminent
personalitieS like the sultan of Brunei and other corporate Organisations.This lottery program was
organized to improving the use of computer softwares and for the benefit of every Microsoft user.

To begin your claim, please contact your file processing officer:

MR OWEN LAAK, OF E-U SOFTWARE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
Email address: heritagetrust20@netscape.net
Tel:+31-626-032-274

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform your claim officer as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.


Thank you.
Donna Helim
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM

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