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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: "ROYAL PROMOTIONS" <info@rilpromotions.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:24:16 +0000
Subject: Official Notification of Winning (RILP 2005)

Royal International Lottery Promotion (RILP 2005)
Winning Ref No: WP-RILP-3486
Date: 06-08-2005
_________________________________________________
RE: Official Notification of Winning (RILP 2005)
_________________________________________________
Dear participant,

Thank you for participating in the RILP 2005 Lottery Program.
Our lottery program selection has finally been performed today
which was held at the RILP international complex UK.Royal International
Lottery Promotion is a joint Euro/America private lottery registered and
organized in accordance with the World Lottery Regulation act.

We the Royal Lottery organizing committee are pleased to officially
notify you of the status of your email application. An official
notification of winning is hereby issued to you as your email
promotion ticket randomly drew for the lucky numbers 000-000-3123 which
selected your email as the 25th winner of our lottery program you have
consequently won the lottery program in the first batch.


We have officially approved a sum payout of $750,000.00 USD only
to you as the lottery winner. This amount is from total prize cash
of $22,500,000.00 USD randomly distributed among Thirty (30)
international winners selected by our Lottery Random System Selection
(LRSS). All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 25,000 names/ email issued from Australia, New
Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia, as part of our
International Promotions Program, which is conducted yearly.


Your prize can only be obtained from the assinged listed
corresopndence office, they are to assist and provide helpful
information to you in order to receiving your prize.
Royal International Lottery Promotion,

Claims Unit Department,
Contact information:
Contact Person: David Atkinson
Contact email: davidatkinson@rilpromo.com

Please carefully read all information provided on your winning file.
please remember to quote your winning reference and Lucky winning number
correspondences with this office. Furthermore, should there be any change
ofyour address, do inform us as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff for being part of RILP 2005
Lottery Program.

Sincerely,
MR Pascal Hunts
Information Department
Royal International Lottery Promotion

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