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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: "DELOTTO NETHERLAND LOTTERY" <haydonjoe@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 18:28:54 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU WON

Delotto Netherlands Lottery,
41132 NL- 1007 DB,
AMSTERDAM,
THE NETHERLANDS, HQs.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE NOTIFICATION DEPARTMENT,
Our Ref: DL6696/142-K Your Ref: KP6821873DL BATCH: 28/2017/IPD
ATTN:
We are pleased, to inform you of the result of the Delotto Netherlands Lottery International Programms held on the 2th of August,2005 and your e-mail address is attached to ticket number 45441799-776 ,Serial number 6727097,drew lucky numbers 23-22-44-27-30-45 which consequently won in the 2nd category. You have therefore; been approved as among the winners and entitled to a total sum of EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY ($800,000.00), credited to file Ref: KP6821873DL CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some members and names;we request that you keep your
winning
information confidential until your claims has been proccessed
and your money remitted to the account you will provide. This is part
of our
security protocol to aviod double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
programme by
some participants. All participants were selected through a computer
ballot
system drawn from over 65,000 companies and 90,000,000 individuals
email
addresses and names from all over the world. This Promotional Programme
takes
place every year.
To file for your claim: please contact our corresponding Payee Agent,
by
mail
HAYDON JOE,
email: haydonjoe@hotmail.com, with the
undermentioned valid documents to enable the Finance & security company
verify your claims and also process your payments.The required
information
are
as follows:
1. Full names.
2. Contact address.
3. Tel/Fax numbers.
4. Nationalty.
5. Age.
6. Company name.
7. Company address.
8. Postion.
9. Tel/Fax numbers.
10. Have you participated in lottery programme before? if yes where and
when?....
Congratulations once more.

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam