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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: info_lottonl1@terra.com.mx
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:54:59 +0100
Subject: Email Lottery Draw 2005 results

Email Lottery Draw 2005 results

FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY
PROMOTERS. WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY \"B\" WINNER

Dear Lucky Winner,

RE:BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of De Lotto Netherlands International Lottery programs.

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 100,000
e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet from various continents
of the world.No tickets were sold.

After this automated computer ballot,your e-mail address emerged as one
of two winners in the category \"B\" with the following:

Ref Number: 35149/337-5247/LNI
Batch Number: 26371545-LNI/2005
Ticket Number: 54866235

You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of
?:500,000.00.(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) each from the total payout of
?1,500,000.00 Euro in category "B".

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred
to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications,
validations and satisfactory report.

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to
contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category \"B\" winners
with theinformation below:

Mr. Mr. Hans Gutman
Financial Director,
Netherlands Development Finance Company,
1104 kE Poort Bijlmerplein
Amsterdam,Netherlands.
E-mail:hansgutman@luxuryservices.com

Tel: 31-617-582-414
Fax: 31-205-248-664

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 30 days.After this date
all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote
your reference information in all correspondence.
You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially
your reference and ticket numbers.(This is important as a case of double
claims will not be entertained).

Anybody under the age of 18 and members of the affiliate agencies are automatically
not allowed to participate in this program.

Thank you and congratulations!!!

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Mildred Hugo

Games/Lottery Coordinator.
De Lotto Netherlands International
www.delottonl.com



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