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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: "wendy mariott" <staatsloterij_winners@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:49:25 +0000
Subject: FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

STAATSLOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION.
FROM: THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT.
Address: 302 Paleisstraat 52515 JA
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Website: www.staatsloterij.nl

REF Number: NM/BC921245/KY14,
BATCH No: NM/207161/WOP.
TICKET No: 46939
Serial No: 472-9768
lUCKY No: W-91237-H67/B4

ATTN: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!!!!!

We happily announce to you the draw of the Netherlands Loterij
International programs held on the 14th of November 2005 here in
The Netherlands.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 46939
with Serial number 472-9768 drew the lucky numbers: W-91237-H67/B4,
which subsequently won you the lottery in the B category.You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000.00 (One million
Euros in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02/TCA. This is from a
total cash prize of 10,000,000.00 Million Euros shared amongst the first
Ten (10) lucky winners in this category B + (Plus).

This lottery is a promotional program by Staatsloterij International,
(Biggest
lottery Organization in the Netherlands) to advertise to the world its
existence. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual
email addresses from all over the world, as part of our international
promotions program,This promotion takes place annually. For
securityreasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is a part
of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be
obtained from the
Netherlands Gaming Control Board to complete the claims process,
this certificate can only be obtained through legal representation so
winners will be referred to our Regional Director to assist in this
process. Winners are to cover the legal charges for the
notarization of the claims form and the acquisition of the certificate of
award, and not Staatsloterij.
To file for your claim, please contact our Regional Office for processing
and release of your
winning. See details below:

***********************************************************
Name;MR. MARK BRUIJNEN
TEL: +31(64)4072683
Fax: +31-847-572-084
Email: staatsloterijclaimsdept@walla.com
STAATSLOTERIJ REDEMPTION CENTRE,
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.
***********************************************************

Note that all claims process and clearance procedures must be duly completed
not later than one month to avoid impersonation arising
to the issue of double claim. To avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any
correspondences
with us or our designated agent.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, provide the
following when replying:
Name:
Nationality:
Country of residence:
Tel number:

Delays will compel us to disperse your funds, in other words, we shall
divert your funds as stated
above.

Kindly remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.

Finally, we call on you to make sure that you save a copy of this
mail and note every letter clearly as stated for we will not be held
responsible should there be any complications in this transaction
due to laxity on your part.

Congratulations once more from our members of
staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours truly,

MRS. WENDY MARRIOTT.
International Coordinator,
Staatsloterij, The Netherlands.


NOTICE: You have received this message from Staatsloterij international
prize
dept at your e-mail address, because you have visited our sponsored
sites and have voluntarily given your email address to receive mails from
their sponsors.If you wish to be taken out of this list do not
reply to this mail, reply to the agent with the words remove. If you are
not the intended recipient, you must not, directly or indirectly, use,
disclose, distribute, print or copy any part of this message. If
you believe you have received this message in error, please delete it
and all copies of it from your system and notify the sender
immediately by reply e-mail. Thank you.



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