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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: "NEW MEXICO LOTTERY" <winningalert@newmexicoinfo.org>
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:17:02 +0000
Subject: WINNING INFORMATION!!!

NEW MEXICO LOTTERY,
New Mexico Lottery Headquarters,
Palais Des Nations,
109 Geneva 14,
Switzerland.

WINNING INFORMATION

The members and sponsors happily announce to you the draw of the New Mexico
Lottery programs held on the 2nd of August, 2005 in Melbourne, Australia.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 2247887653 which subsequently
won you the lottery in the 2nd category. All participants were selected
randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted
from over 100,000 individuals and companies.The Lottery teams up with local
companies and media partners to promote Lottery products, and informs
citizens on where the proceeds from Lottery ticket sales go. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000 EURO(ONE MILLION
EURO) in cash. This is from a total cash prize of FIFTY THREE MILLION
EURO,shared amongst the first hundred (53) lucky winners in this category. A
statewide focus is taken on most large promotions, and the Lottery works
with local companies, such as Pepsi and IBM,in"co-promotional" partnerships.
These partnerships help each company introduce new products to
customers.This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims 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 by some unscrupulous
elements. Please be warned!In view of this, your 1,000,000 EURO(ONE MILLION
EURO) would be released to you by our Security firm. To file for your claim,
please contact our fiduciary/Claims Agent:

Name: Mr.Kelvin Brian
Email: agentkelvinbrian@yahoo.com, to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, you are to contact Mr Kelvin Brian with followings details
below:
1. Your full names,telephone numbers, contact address,
2. quote your Ticket number in any correspondences with us or our designated
agent. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.The Lottery is strongly
committed to maintaining the privacy of personal information that is
gathered from the use of its web site and web services.

The following statement discloses the Lottery's privacy policy and its
information gathering/dissemination practices.The Lottery will not release
personal information to third parties except where it is already provided by
law. Depending on the specific nature of the service, information may be
shared with other state agencies as stated in the Open Records Act.This
statute allows for the exchange of public records or sharing of information
between public agencies when the exchange is serving a legitimate
governmental need or is necessary in the performance of a legitimate
government function.E-mail addresses or other information that is obtained
as a result of interacting with the Colorado Lottery web site will be used
for the benefit of the Lottery and will not be sold to third party companies
except as required by the Open Records Act.The Lottery will not share
personal information with any private party, except as required by the Open
Records Act.

Sincerely,
Caroline Bryan,
(Zonal Coordinator).

NB.
please contact our fiduciary/Claims Agent:
Name: Mr.Kelvin Brian
Email: agentkelvinbrian@yahoo.com

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