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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: "euro lotto" <eurolotto_2000@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: eurolotto2005@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:41:24 -0700
Subject: Congratulations you have win 1.500,000.00 Pounds

EURO MILLIONS INTERNATIONAL.
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REFERENCE: 67/80/IPD
BATCH: EGGS-541-623-782:
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions Lottery
Winners,an International E-mail program held on the 15th of July 2005.
Your E-mail address fall to the ticket number 653-908-321-675 with
serial main number 345-790-241-671 drew lucky star numbers
34-32-90-43-32
which consequently won in the 2nd category of this program, you have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1.500,000.00
Pounds.(One
Million five hundred Pounds)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning
informations confidential until your claims has been processed and your
money remitted to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Bill Gates,President of
Microsoft, the world's largest software company in order to enhance and
promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and microsoft-wares around
the
globe.This promotional program takes place every three years.
We hope that, with part of your winning, you will take part in our end
of year 50
million Euro International lottery.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent:
THE ATTORNEY/LAWYER CONTACT:
BARR. CHARLES DAVE CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES
(Legal Practitioners/notary public)
London
.
TEL: 009447031903539
EMAIL TO: barristercharlesdave2002@hotmail.com
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 20th OCTOBER 2005.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next
stake.Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications
please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program.
Sincerely yours,
MRS,ANA MARIA LOPEZ
Lottery Coordinator.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified EURO
MILLIONS INTERNATIONAL.
disqualified.

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