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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: STAATS LOTERIJ AWARD NOTIFICATION YOU HAVE WON. <staatlotawaednl@netscape.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 11:44:09 +0100
Subject: You have won the email lottery programme! confirm with the approved agent!!!

STAATSLOTERIJ.NL
No 21 EGGER-STRAAT
28089 AMSTERDAM/NETHERLANDS

FROM: THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR
RESULTS FOR THE SECOND CATEGORY DREW
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT.
REF: YPL/4249859609/WX1
BATCH: GLV/91663/AK

ATTENTION:

STAATS LOTERIJ AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:

We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results of the STAATS LOTERIJ
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 07thNovember 2005.You were entered as
dependent clients with: Reference Number:7334NFJF/UDDFMF/NDDD, and Batch number
DFFF346/56TR/765GHG.

Your email address attached to the ticket number: 445555377 that drew the lucky winning number,
which consequently won the sweeptake in the second category, in four parts.You have been approved
for a payment of 1,000,000.00Euro (ONE MILLION EURO)in cash credited to file reference
number:43QFFSS/GDFD7565/66HGMH.This is from a total cash prize of ten milliom euro shared among
the Ten International Winners in Categories B.

Congratulations!!!!!
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 90,000 (Sixty thousand)
names of email users around the world, as part of our international promotion program.

Due to mixed up of some names and addresses, we askthat you keep this award personal, till your claims
has been processed and your funds remitted to you.

This is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the
situation by other participants or impersonators.To begin your claim,do file for the release of your winning
by contacting your/our accredited agent in our security department:

MR.Ruud Van Dirk.
Foreign Transfer Manager.STAATSLOTERIJ.NL,
TEL:+31-625-471-514.
FAX +31-847-564-313.
FAX +31-847-587-982.
Email:staatlotawaednl@netscape.net

They are your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of your winnings to you.
YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS 345DF/E5A*X903(keep personal)Remember, your winning must
be claimed not later than(19th November 2005.failure to claim your winning/ fund will be added to next
17,000.000 euro international lottery program.Furthermore, should there be any change in your address,
do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized to complete the claim process; winners will be referred to a Foreign
Transfer Manager,to have their winnings notarized.Winners are to cover the legal charges not
STAATSLOTERIJ.NL,

Once again, Congratulations.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Silvia Hert.
Co-ordinator International.

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