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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: "Wendy Witkamp" <wendywitkamp@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 08:37:15 +0000
Subject: YOU HAVE WON!

DE LOTTO

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT.



REF No: PAQ/561-ILGI07871/05
BATCH No: EAPA/15/096/PAQ
TICKET No: 20543465463-7224
SERIAL No: 252-27548-46
LUCKY No: 2-46-97-32-235-54



RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

Sir, Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners
International programs held on the 2nd of September 2005 Your E-mail address
attached to Ticket number 20543465463-7224 with Serial number 252-27548-46
drew the lucky numbers 2-46-97-32-235-54, which consequently won in the 1st
category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of US$
1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars). This is from a total cash
prize of USD$10,000,000.00 Million shared amongst Ten International Lucky
Winners in the Category A + (Plus).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This lottery is a promotional program by DE LOTTO, (Biggest lottery
Organization in the Netherlands) to advertise to the world its existence.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over
the world, as part of our international promotions program, which we intend
to conduct several times a year.
Be informed that your documents have to pass our authority to obtain a
clearance, which shall be attached to your document in readiness of the
subsequent onward transfer into your nominated bank account with 24 hours of
completion of the authentication.
Due to the possibility of unscrupulous individuals filing a double claim, we
suggest that you keep this award/winning numbers strictly confidential until
your claim has been processed and endorsed/legalised and your certificate of
award obtained. This is in conformity with the lottery claim regulations by
our Organization & the High Court of Justice here in the Netherlands. This
is part of our security protocol measures to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants/non participants.

All winnings must be claimed not later than 17th of September 2005. After
this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Anybody
under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing agent
Barr. Phill Thompson.
Email: claimdprtmnt@netscape.net

NOTE: All winnings must be endorsed/legalised at the High Court of Justice
to complete the claims process, and a certificate of award will be acquired
form the Gaming Board here in the Netherlands. this certificate can only be
obtained through legal representation by your processing agent/attorney so
winners are to cover the legal charges for the forms to be
endorsed/legalised and the acquisition of the certificate of award not DE
LOTTO.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please do forward
your Tel/Fax number to your processing agent. So you are to act fast in the
claiming of your funds, for delays will compel us to disperse your funds, in
other words, we shall divert your funds as stated above. Kindly remember to
quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our/your agent
as soon as possible.
Finally, you contact your agent to make sure that you note every letter
clearly as stated for we will not be held responsible should there be any
complications in this transaction due to laxity on your part.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

Yours truly,
Wendy Witkamp
Lotto Coordinator

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