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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: CATHY BUTLER <cathybutler01@netscape.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:40:42 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON!!!

QUEENS LOTTERY PROMO INTERNATIONAL.
****************************
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
DEAR WINNER,
RESULTS FOR SECOND CATEGORY DRAWS.
After a successful completion of the second category
draws of QUEENS LOTTERY PROMO INTERNATIONAL.

You have emerged one of the winners of the QUEENS LOTTERY PROMO
INTERNATIONAL,
which is part of our promotional draws. Participants were selected
through a computer ballot
system drawn from 30,000 email addresses of individuals and
companies from America,Africa, Asia,
Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East,
and New Zealand as part of our InternationalPromotions Program.
*********************************************************************
You/Your Company, attached to:

TICKET NUMBER:VGT/FRS/BBK/SNSS

REFERENCE NUMBER:77710/3401/SNSS

*********************************************************************
As a category winner, you have been selected by computer balloting
system where only email addresses are soughted,from a total
numbers of 30,000 email addresses drawn
from
all over the globe. After an automated computer ballot of our
International Promotions Program
consequently won in the
second Category.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of One Million
Five Hundred thousand
Euros(EUROS1,500,000.00) in cash, which is the winning payout
for second category winner. This is from the total prize money of

13,000,000.00Euros shared among the eight international winners in
the SECOND category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
You have to contact the (S.N.S SECURITIES) for immediate remittance
your E-mail address won the lucky number.
To avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that
you
keep this award strictly from public notice until the entire
process of transferring your claims has been
completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
required by the (S.N.S SECURITIES).
We also wish to bring to your notice our End of Year(2005) high
stakes
where you stand a chance of winning up to 13 million Euros; We
hope that with a part of your prize you
will participate.
To begin your claims process please contact your claims agent.
*********************************************************************
MR.FRANKLYN BROWN.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER.
S.N.S SECURITIES.
115 LEIDENSTRAATSEWEG
LANSLEG 2567 KJ
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: + 31-613-669-160
Fax: + 31-847-535-293
EMAIL:snssecuritiesbv@netscape.net
**********************************************************************
for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated
account of your choice.
Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than one
week of
receiving this message.
NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please
remember to
quote your reference and batch
numbers provided below in every one of your correspondence with
your
claims agent.
You are to provide the below details,to enable the speedy
evaluation
and processing of your winnings.
we advice that you adhere strictly to their procedures to avoid
any
disqualifications and subsequent cancellation.

1. My Full Names:

2. Adresses:Home/Office



3. Direct Telephone/Fax Numbers

the above detailed information will be absolutely necessary to
file
in your claims.

Congratulations once again from all our staffs of (S.N.S SECURITIES.)
thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
QUEENS LOTTERY PROMO INTERNATIONAL.
CATHY BUTLER.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification. Please do not
reply to this mail.
Contact your claims agent.

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