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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: Maria Iban Sanchez. <lotprimsweesta@netscape.net>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 14:33:51 +0200
Subject: LOTTERY AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION!!


INTERNATIONAL LOTTO COMMISSION
C/GUZMAN EL BUENO,137 MADRID - ESPAÑA.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REFRENCE: LP/26510460037/04
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD
ATTENTION ATTENTION:

Dear:SIR/MADAM

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement, of winners of the LOTTERY PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKES/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 30th of April 2005. Your name is attached to ticket number 004-05117963 198,with serial number 99375 drew the lucky numbers 05-07-11-12-13-27, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of (?1,500.000.00)
One Million FiveHundred Thousand Euros in cash credited to file
No:LP/26510460037/04.This is from total prize money of EUROS 80,400,000.00
shared among the twenty international winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000.00 names 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 insured to your name. 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.We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes Euros 1.1 billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim Agent from Lotteria Primitiva Sweeptakes International Director.Mr. Peter Mathins. FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER,
Email: lotteprisweta@netscape.net Phone:+34 676 080 523.
For due processing and payment of your winning prize to you. Remember, all
prize money must be claimed not later than two weeks. After this date, all
funds will be returned as unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary
delays and complications, please remember to quote your REFERENCE and BATCH
numbers in every one of your correspondences with the security company. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part ofour promotions program.

Sincerely,
Maria Iban Sanchez.

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