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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: rnslotto@netscape.net (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 19:05:09 +0200
Subject: winning notification

FROM:PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF ROYAL NETHERLANDS
SWEEPSTAKES BV WINNING
NOTICE FOR CATEGORY B WINNER - Ref
No:RNS/01/1836547290/NL

We are happy to inform you that your email address has
been selected as one of the lucky email addresses in the
category "B" of the online lotto conducted by our company
ROYAL NETHERLANDS SWEEPSTAKES BV here in Amsterdam.
CONGRATULATIONS!The cyber-Lotto was conducted by a first of
its kind automated computer balloting system, where by
email addresses(25,000 email addresses),were extracted from
all continents of the world. A draw was held in different
categories and winners emerged from different parts of the
world and they are entitled to various cash prizes
depending on their different categories.Thus, you are
entitled to a prize money of €2,500,000,00
(Two Million,Five Hundred Thousand Euros).

Reference number for your prize
is:RNS/01/1836547290/NL,
Ticket number:RNS/147/01/80.

As a category B winner, you have been selected by
computer balloting
system where only email addresses are soughted,from a
total number of 25,000 addresses drawn from all over
the globe.After an automated computer
ballot of our International Promotions Program, only
FIVE winners emerged in this category and therefore each are to
receive payouts of €2.5,000,000,00
(Two Million,Five Hundred Thousand
Euros) from the total of €12,500,000.00
TWELVE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS).

To immediately claim your prize, please contact our
Category "B" financial handlers ROVAK FINANCE &
SECURITIES COMPANY GmbH,below are the
contact information of their financial director:

Mr Richard Parry
Financial Director
ROVAK FINANCE & SECURITIES COMPANY GmbH
Regional Financial Director
Telephone:+4915205361312
Email. richp@epatra.com


Provide Prize reference number-RNS/01/1836547290/NL
and winning ticket number-RNS/147/01/80 for confirmation.
In your best interest(s), you must initiate contact
within two weeks of receipt of this
correspondence.
ROVAK FINANCE & SECURITIES COMPANY GmbH are to handle all
matters with regards to claiming of your prize money.

You are also advised to send a copy of this email,
to your claims agent Mr Richard Parry, when contacting
him.

You may be required to provide any of the above
information during the process of collecting your prize.
We congratulate you once again and it is our hope that
you participate in any of our international programs
in the nearest future.

Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Ingrid Vangogh
Promotions Manager
ROYAL NETHERLANDS SWEEPSTAKES BV

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