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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: "ROYAL DUTCH LOTTERY" <royaldutchlottery@excite.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:14:14 +1100
Subject: ROYAL DUTCH LOTTERY NETHERLANDS, EMAIL LOTTERY WINING NOTIFICATION

Royal Dutch National Lottery
P O Box 1010
1109TG, Rotterdam
Netherlands
(Customer Services)

Ref: RDNL/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59

We are happy to inform you the draw (#1016) of the ROYAL DUTCH NATIONAL
LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International Program held on Thursday December
15th,2005. The result
was released today 27th December, 2005, {NO TICKET WAS SOLD!} Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 09-21-23-31-40-46 bonus
ball { 08} which
subsequently won the Jackpot prize. You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of
750,000.00 euro {Seven hundred and fifty thousand Euro) in cash credited to
file
KTU/9023118308/03.This is from the total cash prize of 11,460.000.00
(Eleven Million, Four Hundred
and Sixty Thousand Euros being shared among four {15}lucky winners in the
category
MATCH 5 PLUS BONUS.

All participants for the online version were elected randomly from the
World Wide Web, (www)
through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,
associations,
corporate bodies and individuals that are listed online.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in
Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £750,000.00
euro {Seven Hundred and fifty thousand Euros)would be
released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent;

Albert Heijn
Fortis Bank BV
Denistraat 468
1106 JT Hilversum
Netherlands
Phone: +31 633 737131 { 8:00am-6pm Netherlands time}
Fax: +31 847 582233
Email: fortisnld@netscape.net

You would be required to show an instrument of identification when making
payment to you;
Drivers license or International passport. For security reasons, 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 part of our
precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned!.
Good luck from me and
members of staff of the ROYAL DUTCH NATIONAL LOTTERY.

NOTE: *KINDLY FURNISH YOUR LOTTERY AGENT WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION*

1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:
9.LUCKY NUMBER: B. DRAW NUMBER
10.TICKET NUMBER:
11.SERIAL NUMBER:
12.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL
13.COUNTRY:
14.AMOUNT WON:


Yours faithfully,
MR. DONALD JOOG
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

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