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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: "Hugo Mildred" <co_mildred@msn.com>
Reply-To: financedirector@ibatam.com
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:08:26 +0000
Subject: make claim befor 20 days!!!

FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS. WINNING NOTICE FOR
CATEGORY "A" WINNER

Dear Lucky Winner,

RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of De Lotto Netherlands International Lottery programs.

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000
e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold.
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of
two winners in the category "A" with the following:

Ref Number: 35149/337-5247/LNI
Batch Number:26371545-LNI/2004
Ticket Number:54866235

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of
1,500.000.(ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS ONLY) each from the total
payout. Your prize awards has been insured with your e-mail address and will
be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations,
verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to
contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "A" winners
with the informatiom below:

Mr.Robert Heinz
Financial Director, Netherlands Development Finance Company,De Amsterdamse,
Poort Bijlmerplein ,888 1102 MG Amsterdam ,
1000 BV Amsterdam.
E-mail:financedirector@ibatam.com
Tel:+31-616-061-746
Fax:+31-847-520-740

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 20 days. After this date
all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote
your reference information in all correspondence. You are
to keep all lotto information away from the your reference and ticket
numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be
entertained).Anybody under the age of 18 and members of the affiliate
agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

Thank you and congratulations!!!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Mildred Hugo
Games/Lottery Coordinator.
De Lotto Netherlands International
www.lotto.nl

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