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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: "Mrs. Agatha DeBoer" <agather_deb01@worldgames-netherlandonlinedraw.org>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 02:59:23 +0000
Subject: FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!!!


FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS.
WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY \"A"\ WINNER

Dear Lucky Winner,

RE: LOTTO INTERNATIONAL NL PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of Lotto
International Netherlands programs. The online cyber lotto draws was
conducted from an
exclusive list of 25,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies
picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were
sold.After this
automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners
in the category
\"A"\ with the following:

Ref Number: PC 390 ES 214
Batch Number: 26371545-LNI/2005
Ticket Number: PCP 002 871

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of
EUR1,500,000.00. (ONE
MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO ONLY) each from the total payout. Your
prize
award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to
you upon meeting our
requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and
satisfactory report. To begin the
claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our
licensed and accredited
claims agent for category \"A"\ winners with the information below:
======================================================================
Mr. Van Doorn
Department Director,
Netherlands Lottery International Nl Company
[Lotto International Netherlands], 107 Vanderloop 1902AB ,Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
E-mail: van_doorn@worldgame-netherlandonlinedraws.org
phone:+31-649 208 996
======================================================================
NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 20 days. After this date
all unclaimed funds
would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference
information in all
correspondence. You are to keep all lotto information away from the general
public especially
your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as case of double
claims will not be
entertained).Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed
to participate in this
program,

Thank you and congratulations!!!
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Agatha DeBoer,
Games/Lottery Coordinator.
Lotto International Netherlands
www.lotto.nl

Lotto International Netherlands Privacy policy:
This email may contain information which is confidential and/or privileged.
The information is
intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you
are not the intended
recipient,be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the
contents is prohibited.If
you have received this electronic transmission in error,please notify the
sender by telephone or
return email and delete the material from your computer.

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