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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: <mail@lotpri.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 12:58:30 +0100
Subject: CLAIM YOUR LUCKY WINNING...

WINNING NOTIFICATION
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT.
CALLE COLONE-28080 MADRID-SPAIN
REF Nº: EPSL/25003127/CSL/02
BATCH Nº:0007571982

ATTN: WINNER,


RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE.

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the results LOTERIA
PRIMITIVA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM, Held 11 June 2005 Your email address name
attached to a ticket number 025-1146992-750 with serial number 2113-05
drew the lucky numbers 4-18-24-30-31-35 which consequently won the
lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump
sum payout of 1,625,000.39 (One Million Six Hundred and Twenty Five
Thousand Euros and Thirty-Nine Cents) in cash credited to the file
reference number: EPSL /25003127/CSL/02. This is from a total cash price
of 20,368,770.00 (Twenty million three hundred and sixty-eight thousand,
seven hundred and seventy euros only) shared among the seventeen
international winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund is now deposited with our correspondence bank insured to your
name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names , we advice that you
keep this award from public notice until your claiming or unwarranted
taking advantage of this program by participants. All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from
Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Europe and North America as part of
our international promotions program which we conduct once every year. We
hope that with part of your prize, you will part-take in our end of year
high stake 1,300,000,000.00 international lottery .

To begin your claim please contact your claim agent,

SUPER STANDARD COMPANY
Mr. William Lopez
Foreign services manager
Email: SUPERINSURANCE@TERRA.ES


for processing and remittance of your prize fund into your designated bank
account.

Note: All prize funds must be claimed before the 29Th of June 2005 after
this date all funds will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y
HACIENDA as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please endeavour to quote your reference and batch numbers
in every correspondence with us to your claim agent. Furthermore, should
there be any change in your address do inform your claim agent as soon as
possible. Congratulation once again from all members of our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotion program.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result
to disqualification. Please do not reply to this email address. Contact
your claim agent.

Best regards
The Management

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