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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: "Info Casino" <info_casino@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:09:25 +0000
Subject: Congratulations!Urgent Claims

Congratulations!Urgent Claims
CASINO FREELOTTO EMAIL PROMOTIONS,
Head office:colinstraat 4-7,
Almere,the Netherlands.

www.freelotto.com

NUMBER:5577809-ANL/05
OUR REF:05/NS9046/BV
YOUR REF:NS/56670/45/05.

Dear Sir/Madam,

YOU WON:US$250,000,00 Dollars!

With utmost joy, we are pleased to inform you of the result of the Casino
freelotto email users promotions held on the 30th of November 2005 drew a
cash prize of US$250,000,00 Dollars. your e-mail address were attached to
one of the ten winning ticket numbers ##889653-with game Number 112700...You
have therefore been approved to receive a cash prize of US$250,000,00(Two
Hundred&Fifty Thousand Dollars)which your email consequently won in the 1st
category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system from our
sponsors databases, including over 50,000 companies and 150,000 individual
E-mail addresses and names submitted by our agents drawn from Asia,
Africa, Europe, North And South America, Oceania and around the world.

To file for your urgent claim, please contact our approved agent.

Roland Donk
CASINO FREELOTTO AGENCY
Straateen Plain 1855 Rotterdam
The Netherlands.
Tel:+31-619-056-199
E-mail:c.casino@cumbriamail.com

It is part of our (security protocol to avoid double claiming and to
minimize identification difficulties) advise that you keep this information
strictly confidential to yourself until your claim is processed successfully
and to avoid unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. please
note that you will be required to pay for the issuance of your winning
certificate.

All winning must be claimed not later than 12th December,2005. After the
expiration of this time frame, if your funds are unclaimed, it will be null
and void.

In Order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications reremember to quote
your reference numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be
any change of address do inform our agents as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional
program. Note: Persons under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours faithfully,
Mart V.Mallo

Anti-fraud resources:

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