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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: INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD PRIZE <primelotto2005@casinomail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 14:59:07 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!! YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON YOU A VERY BIG PRIZE


INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD OF THE MOUTH
CALLE MOSTOLES 23C PISO 6G 28923 MADRID ESPANA.
DATE: MARCH, 2005.

FROM:
THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD...
BATCH: EGGS-110-204-005
REFERENCE: 89/80/IDS

ATTENTION:AWARD NOTIFICATION.

This is to inform you on the release of the FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY held on the 20th of january 2005.The results was released on the 19th of may 2005. Your email address was attached to ticket number 923-555-675-615 with serial number 123-582-160-343 that drew the lucky numbers of 00-13-30-69-89, which consequently won the lottery in the 1st category.You have therefore been awarded a lump of 225,000.00(TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND EURO ONLY) cash credited to file with REF: Nº EGS/854/221/566

This is from €5,000,000 (five MILLION EURO) in cash among the 10 participants finalist playing 4,000 full tickets.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with our Security Company and insured in your email address. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claims have been processed and the money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid problems from participants as it has happened in the past All participants where selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South America, Middle East and Africa .This programme is sponsored by EUROPEAN UNION/BILL GATES and WORLD INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANISATION TO PROMOTE and ENAHNCE the use of SOFT WARE IN THE GOBAL WORLD. We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent programs. To begin your lottery claims, please contact your claims agent,

DR MARTINS PEREZ
eddymosecurities@netscape.net
Telephone number: 0034-636-863-756 ,

You are required to send your information of identity to the security company in charge of processing your award to proof the user of this email address and who is receiving this award, either your country passport or any other valid identity is required.Remember, all winnings must be processed not later than two weeks
from the day you receive this notification.

Requirement not met before this date, your award will be returned to the EUROPEAN UNION MINISTRY OF FINANCE HEADQUATERS. Also be informed that 10% of your lottery winning belongs to the security company because they are the company assigned by the European Union to process your winnings to you.NOTE this 10% will be collected after you have received your winning prize due to services rendered to you by the security company in charge of processing your claims .Remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every of your response or correspondence with us that is your claim agent.Further more, should there be any change of address, please do inform your claim agent as soon as possible.A copy of your lucky winning ticket and your deposit certificate will be sent to you by your claim agent, DR MARTINS PEREZ , Once again from all members of our staff and CONGRATULATIONS for being a part of our International promotions program.NOTE:winners below eighteen years ( below 18!
yrs ) are disqualified from this programme.We wish you good fortunes.
Sincerely,
MRS,MARIANA GOMEZ




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