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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: "Rijck Vandeursen" <euromillionspyo@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: corneliajansepyo@yahoo.es
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:20:01 +0000
Subject: Payment Notification

Attention: Sir/Madam,

RE: PRIZE PAYOUT NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the official announcement yesterday of the
winners of the Euromillions International Lotto held on Friday 2nd December
2005.
You or your company, attached to ticket number 6G84-LN25,serial number
34M-425D drew the lucky numbers 14-36-44-47-50-03-05,
and consequently won the lottery in the international category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump Sum Payout of US$850,000.00
(Eight hundred and fifty thousand USD) in cash
Credited to file with Ref No: INT/EURM/1759J and Batch No: 05/GNF8/LN.
This is from total prize money of US$34,000,000.00 shared among 40
international winners in this category.
All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from over 350,000 companies and individuals from
Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Europe, North America, South America and
Asia as part our International promotions program
for the year, conducted bi-annually.

Congratulations!

Your fund is now deposited with our finance company in the United Kingdom
and insured in your name.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award
strictly private and from public notice until
your claim has been fully processed and your total prize money remitted to
your designated bank account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
We hope with a part of your prize money, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes of US$70 Million International
lottery jackpot slot to be held in January 2006.

For the immediate collection and remittance of your prize money, Please
contact directly our Payment Administrator in United
Kingdom:

Cornelia Janse
Payment Administrator
Euromillions Payout,United Kingdom
Tel: +447005850460
Fax: +447005850461
E-mail: corneliajanse@alum.com

Your prize money must be claimed before 10th January 2005, after this date
all unclaimed funds/Winnings will be rolled over
and returned back to the treasury as Invalid.
All correspondences to CORNELIA JANSE DORES should have this email sent
along with it along with your Contact Address, Country of residence and your
E-mail address.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your Postal address, do inform
our Payment Administrator as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
programme.

Sincerely,
Rijck VanDeursen
Vice-Presidents, Awards
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 86
1012 SE Amsterdam, Netherlands

NOTE. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result
to instant disqualification.
PLEASE CONTACT CORNELIA JANSE BY E-MAIL, TELEPHONE OR FAX IMMEDIATELY.

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