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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: " N.S.E.A" <naspea2005@netscape.net>
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:28:28 +0300
Subject: EMAIL AWARD

NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES EMAIL AWARD NTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM
BERGNNA-STRAAT N° 21 267890 AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS.

FROM: THE DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION DEPT.
SECURITY FILE NO:DL/678921/C11.
REF: ICL/4245678609/LMR.
BATCH: ML/91663/BAN.

We are pleased to inform you that your email has been selected a winner of the NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES EMAIL AWARD PROMOTION PROGRAMS
held this year!!

Your email address attached to ticket number 023-56678230, drew the lucky numbers 7-14-21-42-49-59, batch number ML/91663/BAN. and consequently
won the lottery in the 1st category.You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of EURO 500.000.00 (FIVE Hundred and fifty EuroS) in credited to file Lottery Reference number
ICL/4245678609/LMR. This is from total prize money of Euro 10,000,000.00

shared among the 5 international winners in categories B with security file number:IL/FLW/12-C036789192.All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 45,000 company email addresses and 80,000,000 individual email addresses from All the Five CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD
including the continents of OCEANIA as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now in custody of a financial Security company insured in your FILE REFERENCE.Due to the mix up of some numbers
and names,we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

This lottery program was promoted by our group of GIANT Media firms and major independent e-bussiness marketers,and this years promotions is held in
Netherlands. We hope with part of your prize, you Will be kind enough to donate to some charity organizations and support the works of less
priviledge individual through major charity homes.

Pls inform of us of your willing to support ans we shall include your name s and profile along and send it to tha one of the chatity home in need.To file for
your claim, please contact our fiduciary Agent:

Mr.Amstrong O’Brien(esq.)
NATIONAL EMAIL AWARD FIDUCIAL AGENCY.
TEL: +316 337 355 50
FAX: +31-84-718-9958
Email: ntnlswpstea05@netscape.net

Please be aware that your Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, verifications and validation provided by our processing
Agent; that would be designated to your file. For due processing and remittance of your winning prize to your designated account of your choice.
Be informed that all prize money must be claimed not later than 22ND of SEPTEMBER 2005.After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact Mr.Peter Gutman with followings details below:

1. Your full names, telephone, contact address and
2. quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional Program.

Yours sincerely,
Ms. Nichol Van Dam

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification

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