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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a fake lottery scam (9 typical phrases found).
  

Fraud email example:

From: "THE NEWLY APPROVED NETHERLAND LOTTERY" <notticecenter@newnetherlandwinning.org>
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 16:49:01 +0000
Subject: Latest lottery drawn result(Congratulation)Final nottice

 

The New National Lottery(Netherland)
P O Box 1010
ROTTERDAM, R70 1NL
Netherland
(Customer Services)

Ref: NL/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#942) of the NEWLY APPROVED NETHERLAND
NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 25th of July, 2005.

 It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:4-6-9-12-15-40 (bonus no.25),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £3,987,470
(Three million nine hundred and eighty seven thousand,four hundred and seventy
pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
 This is from a total cash prize of £15,949,880 shared amongst the(4)lucky winners in this
category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.All participants for the online version were
selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are
listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In
view of this, your £3,987,470 (Three million nine hundred and eighty seven
thousand,four hundred and seventy pounds sterling)will be released to
you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact her.For security reasons,
you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim
is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem
fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Paker Estrada (Dr)
Official Email: paker_estrada@mail.ru
Official Number: +447031910640

Endeavour to email them your full names,winning numbers,email
address,telephone and fax numbers immediately.

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NEW NATIONAL
LOTTERY
NETHERLAND .

Yours faithfully,
Rose Wood (Mrs)
Online coordinator for THE NEW NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

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