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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: MR.LILIANA REMOND <dayzers@virgilio.it>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 05:29:34 -0800
Subject: CONTACT THE AGENCY.

CONTACT THE AGENCY.
PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
NATIONAL DAYZERS LOTTERIJ NL
SERIAL NO:5386/02
REF NO: BGM/0207859035/09.
BATCH NO: 27/4424/APL.
DEPOSIT CODE: W-97098754-67/B4.
VISIT: www.dayzers.nl


AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE.

Dear Winner,

The National Dayzerslotterij NL wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery
international program held in The Netherlands on 29th November, 2005. Your email address was
attached to ticket number 56475600545-188, with serial number 5386/02 drew with lucky numbers
43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently you Won the lottery in the (B) category.All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from 30 Thousand company and
individual email addresses.

You are therefore been approved for a lump sum of One Million Two Hundred Thousand Euro.
(€1,200,000.00 ) Be advice to keep your winning information 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,

For the release of your winning,kindly contact the approved claims agent:-

Mr.Barel Van Hans (Processing Manager)

TEL: +31 646 774 063

FAX: +31 206 006 898

EMAIL: Mapsse@netscape.net

Our agent will immediately commence Your claim process to facilitate the Release of your funds as soon
as you contact him and you are to quote your lucky number for confirmation on your winning in every
correspondences with claims agent.

All winning must be claimed not later than Two Weeks of recieving this Notice. After this date all
unclaimed funds will be retured to back to European Union Treasury as unclaimed Fund.

Furthermore, should there be any Change of your address; do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.

Congratulations!! again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Liliana Remond.

Zonal Co-ordinator (Promotions Director Office NL)

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