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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: Sophia Halendale <freestakesdraw@netscape.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:30:08 +0100
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNER

TOUR FREE LOTTO COMPANY
HOLLAND HEAD OFFICE
BURDENSTRAAT 21B,
2053 DS AMSTERDAM,
HOLLAND.
www.freelotto.com
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION.CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the Free
Lotto draw held on the 21th
of March 2005. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch
of 50,000,000
international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a
category 2 winner in this year's
Annual Free Lotto Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
1,000,000 Us Dollars (one million
Dollars) only. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please
remember to quote your
reference number and batch numbers:
1, Email ticket number: ticket number175420658766483
2, BATCH: 427901527-Dg43
3, the file Ref number: 232/656/4509
4, lucky numbers 8-16-18-23-31-45
5, lotto code number: FL09622Holland
Please contact the under-listed claims officer as soon as possible for the
immediate release of your
winnings:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------
Advocate Dr John Peters
Telephone number +31 -626 448 919
Fax: ++31-84- 750 -77 33
Email:advocatekantoor@netscape.net
21B EGGERRST RAAT NN 102
AMSTERDAM, N.L
For processing and remittance of your cash to a designated account of your
choice. Remember, all
winnings must be claim not later than March 28th 2005, after this date, All
unclaims funds will be returned
to the International Lotto, you should contact advocate Dr john peters about
the claimant procedures,
send your fax and telephone to Advocate Dr John Peters, this will enable his
office to send the claims
application form (A4) to you
the Beneficiary.Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to
quote your reference number and batch numbers all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any
change of address do inform the advocate Dr John Peters as soon as possible.
Dr John Peter is
responsible for the processing of your approved file to the bank for
payment.
Congratulations once again, from all members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotions
program.
all your reply to : advocatekantoor@netscape.net
Sincerely,
Sophia Halendale
Promotions Manager
The Lotto company
Holland & Europe.

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