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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: luckylottery101@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 16:23:06 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Congratulations=21=21?=

LUCKY LOTTERY
E-mail :infolucky1@fsmail.net
Tromsodreef 72e, 3043 CK
Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to congratulate and inform you of the exclusive result of
the Lucky lottery program held on the 23rd of March 2005, your e-mail address
attached to ticket number: 51E621K2-16 with serial number: 84702-162, drew
lucky numbers: 5-64-12-3-7-88 which consequently won in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sumpay-out of 400,000.00 Euros
(Four Hundred Thousand Euros).

All participants were selected by a computer ballot system drawn from over
45,000 company and 52,000,000 individual email addresses and names worldwide.
This promotional lottery program is first of its kind. It was promoted and
sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei. We hope that
with part of your winning, you will
participate in our forthcoming 20 MILLION EURO GRAND SUPER.

For security reasons, we advise you to keep your Winning Information confidential
until your claim has been processed and your prize fund remitted to you.
This is a part of our security protocol to curb double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this system by unscrupulous individuals.

Please, you are requested to come personally to file in your claim. However,
if you cannot make it to Netherlands, please contact the below approved
attorney to help you make your claim.

Peter Hendry
E-mail :peter.hendry@consultant.com
Aalsmeer, Netherlands.

Please remember that all winnings must be claimed not later than THREE
WEEKS FROM THE DATE OF THiS NOTIFICATION. All unclaimed prizes will be null
and void. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers (Ref.: 12G8/632E0714/005,
Batch: 006389142-NL04) to the attorney.

Furthermore, should there be any change of e-mail address do inform us as
soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff and
thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.

Best wishes,

Mr. Andre Schulten
Management




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