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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: "Treasure Chest Casino" <treasure05chest@handbag.com>
Reply-To: treasure05chest@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 04:20:49 +0200
Subject: Please, contact for collection

Treasure Chest Casino,
Sweepstakes Lottery,
Avenida de Sevilla 93,
29001 Madrid
SPAIN.

FROM: MR. MIGUEL JOSE IÑAKI
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of
yourselection as one of the five winners of the promotional
Treasure Chest Sweepstakes Lottery Spain held recently as
part of our EXPERIMENTAL BONANZA. You/Your company have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
805, 585 .00 Euros
( Eight Hundred and Five Thousand, Five Hundred and Eighty
Five Euros only) in cash is credited to file REF NO.
EM1/3662/1897430/39.
We in the Treasure Chest Sweepstakes Lottery Spain is by this
program,Launching our model computer balloting lottery draws,
developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever-growing
wing number of participants in our various lottery programs.
With funds accrued exclusively from previous draws,
payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be transferred
in record time.
After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial
database of 300,000 emails all participants were selected through
a computer ballot system from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada,
Europe, USA and South America as part of our International Promotions
Program, which was conducted in view of launching ourselves into the
Sweepstakes Industry Worldwide and zoning all participants by their
respective continents from across the globe, we produced an extensive
list from which you or your company have emerged as one of the winners
of the Grand Draw prize.
To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, Contact our agents
by email within 3 weeks of receiving this notice. Please find full
contact details below:

CLAIMS AGENT.
MRS. HYNN LEE
FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
COPELAND FINANCE AND TRUST S.A
MADRID, SPAIN.
EMAIL: hynn@inbox.com

Also find all other relevant winning lottery information below:
Ref No: TCL/3662/1897430/39
Batch No: 08/6902/NL
Zonal Draw No: GLES-9-276
Grand Draw No: 29508

Also send your Name,Email Address,Contact Address and Country of
Residence when replying your Claims Agent. Remember, you must
contact your claims agent not later than 3 weeks of receiving
this notification.
After this date, all funds will be returned as non-claimed.
All correspondences to MRS. HYNN LEE by email or telephone should
have this EMAIL sent along with it and should be clearly and
BOLDLY WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE to your claims agent.
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 your agent.
Furthermore you are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery
information and numbers from the public in line with our company
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program by unscrupulous individuals.
Primary Sponsors:
. A-1 Appliance
. Coca-Cola
. Coors Light Beer
. Miller Beer
. WRNO
Key Sponsors:
. Air Reldan
. Belle Terre Country Club
. Premiere Fitness
Sponsors:
. Cox Communications
. D-Day Museum
. Dillard's
. Eagle rider Motorcycle Rent-A-Harley
. Eastover Country Club
. Esplanade Mall
. Joey's Cabaret
. LA Hardbodies
. LeParvenu Restaurant
. Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
. Mobile One
. Restaurant Cypress
. Scotty's Tire Center
. Semolina's Restaurant
. Temptations Gentleman's Club
. Travelodge
. WGNO ABC 26
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for been part
of our Promotions program.

Yours Sincerely,

MR.MIGUEL JOSE IÑAKI
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
TREASURE CHEST CASINO
SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY.


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