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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: "LAPRIMITIVA LOTERIA ESPAXA" <laprimitivatotto@walla.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:55:47 +0200
Subject: FINAL AWARD WINING NOTIFICATIONS

From: The Desk of Managing Director,
International Promotion/Prize Award Dept.
Ref: LP/255126003/04ES
Batch: 15/00018/1PD

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the release today,13th June 2005, of
the TEMPO DE LA PRIMITIVA SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMS held on the 30th April,2005.

Your email attached to ticket number 025-11464992-750 with serial
number 2113-05 drew the lucky number 13-15-22-37-39-43, which
consequently won the lottery in the
3rd category. You are therefore been approve for the lump sum pay out
of €625,000.00= (Six Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand Euros Only) in
cash credit to the file
REF:LP/255126003/04ES This is from a total prize of €25,625,000.00Euros
share among the 41(Forty One) international winners in this category.

CONGRATULATION!

Your fund is now deposited with a Financial Company's name SPACE
CARGO .S.A (MADRID) SPAIN. Due to the mixed up of some numbers and
names, For security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to
claim your prize. This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draw system and extracted from over 500,000 emails.
This promotion takes place
annually as international promotions program, which we conducted once
in a year. We hope with a part of your prize, you will take part in
our end of the year high stake
€50Million Euros International Lottery.

To being your claim please contact the clearing house, your prize claim
agent as follow;

SPACE CARGO S.A (MADRID) SPAIN
Name: MR. GOERGE MARTINEZ
Tel:+34 690200836.
Email:spacecargo@terra.es
Email:glmartinez2000@yahoo.es

For processing and remittance your prize money to you in whatever
manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later until than the
30th of June, 2005. After this date, all funds will be returned to
the MINISTERIO DE HACIENDA
as unclaimed. Note: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch
numbers including your contact telephone
and fax number in every of your correspondence with your agent.

Furthermore, should there be any changing of address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possible. Be informed that your prize claim
agent will apply for your prize
claim certificate and send a copy to you as soon as possible.

Congratulation again from all members of our staff and thank you for
being part of our promotion program.

Best regards,

Elina Gomez.

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