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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: "MRS.DEBORAH POWELL"<deborahpowell@uk2.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:11:53 -0500
Subject: ELEKTRONIK LOTTERY AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION 2005!!!



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

Dear Lucky Winner,
RE: ELEKTRONIK LOTTO PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of Lotto International Netherlands 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: PC 390 ES 214
Batch Number: 26371545-LNI/2005
Ticket Number: PCP 002 871

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of 1,500,000.00. (ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO ONLY)each from the total payout.Your prize award 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 information below:

Mr. Van Bell,
Remittance Department Director,
Tel: +31 617 186 560
E-mail: v_anbell@yahoo.com.au
vannbell2005@netscape.net

You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information
as soon as possible:
1. Name in full
2. Address
3. Nationality
4. Age
5. Occupation
6. Phone/Fax

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 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 general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

Thank you and congratulations!!!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Deborah Powell,
Games/Lottery Coordinator.
Lotto International Netherlands
www.lotto.nl

This email may contain information which is confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient,be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents is
prohibited.If you have received this electronic
transmission in error,please notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the material from your computer.

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