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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: "THE FREELOTTO X SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY S.A" <INFO-FREELOTO@terra.es> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:08:41 +0100
Subject: Your award Notification-Congratulation!!!

THE FREELOTTO ® SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY S.A
PLAZA DE COLON E- 28830,MADRID-SPAIN.
TEL:+34 655 210 584
FAX:+34 665 046 149
EMAIL:INFO-FREELOTO@terra.es
www.freelotto.com ®

FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.


REF/EG/255512006/04
BATCH/00750018


RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE



We are pleased to inform you today,22nd day of March 2005 of the
release of the EL GORDO SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM held
on the 21th December 2004.

Your name attached to the ticket number 025-11-464-992-750 with serial
number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers 13-15-16-21--34-36 which
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum of US$ 915,810.00(NINE
HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN US DOLLARS ONLY) in
cash credited to file REF NO: EG/2551256003/01.

This is from a total cash prize of US$ 12,360,000.00(TWELVE MILLION
THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND USD ONLY) shared among eleven
international winners in this category.CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with a security company insured to your
name due to mixed up of some numbers and names,we ask that keep this
award secret from the public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to your account as this is part of
your security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking
of advantage of this program by participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names from Europe,Asia and North America as part of our
international promotions program which we conduct once in a year. We
hope with a part of your prize you will take in our next year high
stake USD 1.3 Billion lottery.

To begin your claim,please contact below your claim agent the foreign
service manager of EUROPA SEGURIDAD S.A
Tel:+34 618 470 802
Fax:+34 940 463 729
Email:europaseguridad@excite.com
Contact Person:ANTHONY JONES

for the processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.Remember,all prize money must be claimed not
latter than 30th of March,2005. After this date,all funds will be
returned to the Ministerio De Economia y Hacienda as unclaimed.

N.B: Steps to claim your prize

1. Winners must pay a non-deductible amount of ?480.00 Euros only as
fee before claiming their prize for the processing and handling of
award Note that your prize have been insured to the real value of US$
915,810.00 hence no deduction can be done.

2. Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the
claims officer.

3. Winners should send to claim officer account detail or address
where they want their prize paid or sent.

4.Winners must send their names, address, and telephone number and
means of identification (international passport or drivers license) to
claim officer to process immediate payment of their prize.

Winners are advice to keep this award confidential until prize are
claimed to avert incidence of impersonation by unscrupulous elements.


Congratulation again from all members of our staffs and thank you for
being a part of our promotion program.


Sincerely,
Jose Luis Anderson
Promotions Manager
The FreeLotto ® Company

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The FreeLotto ® Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers, Mackintosh and
a conglomeration of other international IT companies. The freelotto ®
Internet draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage
the use of the Internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say
that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150
countries worldwide.

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We also encourage you to visit our website at www.freelotto.com ® and
take your chance to play and become part of our daily winners.
Millions are won on a daily basis on one of the world?s most famous
free lotto service.





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