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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: magnumlotto@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:51:11 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

MAGNUM LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMO/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
ADDRESS: VAN RUSSELLSTRAAT 78 1123 NH AMSTERDAM -THE NETHERLANDS.

REF: MLI/DA965I-02/GF
BATCH: 9941/737867/SJ

ATTENTION:

RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE: MLI
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 14th April, 2005
of winners of the SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY; THE NETHERLANDS / INTERNATIONAL,
PROGRAMS held on 10th April, 2005. Your email address
attached to ticket number 025/078742; with serial number 05908 drew the
lucky numbers 25-35-09-74-82, and consequently won the lottery in the 1st
category. You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of
1,000,000 Euros (ONE MILLION Euros) in credited to file REF NO. MLI/DA965I-02/GF.
This is from total prize money of 15,900,000.00Euros shared among the international
winners in our 1st - 4th categories. All participants were selected through
a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 company email addresses and 30,000,000
individual email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe,
North America and Asia as part of International Promotions 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 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.

This lottery program was organized by our group of philanthropist promoted
and sponsored by Mr. Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc, eminent personalities
like the sultan of Brunei, Multi Choice and other corporate Organizations.
This lottery program was organized to improve the use of computer software
and for the benefit of every Microsoft user. We hope with part of your prize,
you will support our enormous programs around the world as we wish to align
you in advance.

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

MR ANDREW RUTHMAN, of MAGNUM LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL (AMSTERDAM - THE NETHERLANDS).

Email address:
magnumintl@financesource.com

On TEL: 0031-652 238 802.

Be informed that non residence of the Netherlands will have their win processed
accordingly, as required by the Netherlands Gaming Board (NGB) prior to
award payment policy for international winners and also required
by your authorized paying Bank. Be advised that your paying Bank will effect
payment swiftly upon satisfactory report, verifications and validation provided
by this processing Agent. All prize money must be claimed not later than
THREE (3) weeks of receipt of this notice. After this date, all funds will
be returned as unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay and
complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers
in every one of your correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should
there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon
as possible. Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank
you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Tersy De Boer

Lottery Coordinator, MAGNUM LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL, THE -NETHERLANDS.



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