419 Scam Example: "An Post International Lottery Company (Mr. NEWTON O. GREEN, Mrs. Susan Miller)"

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"An Post International Lottery Company (Mr. NEWTON O. GREEN, Mrs. Susan Miller)" are labels in a fake lottery. This is a 419 scam.

The object of the scam is to get the victim to send money to the criminals for "processing costs" for the lottery claim. In reality the lottery prize does not exist.

Send us any replies from "claims agents" that you have received, especially money demends and payment instructions.

Contact the abuse departments of the free webmail services used by the criminals and ask for their email addresses to be suspended for being used in 419 fraud.

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Example spam:

From: susan Miller 
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:39:50 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION (TREAT WITH DISPATCH)


An Post International Lottery Company
TOWER 42, LEVEL 35, 25 OLD BROAD
STREET, LONDON EC2N  IHQ, UNITED KINGDOM.

Ref. Number: 132/756/4509
Batch Number: 538901527-Bc68
Ticket Number: 27522465896-6453

Dear Sir/Madam ,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Winners in our 
International Lottery Program held on the 21st Day of March, 2005. Your 
e-mail address attached to ticket number 27522465896-6453 with serial 
number 3772-554 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-31-45 which consequently won 
in the 2ND category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum 
pay out of 2,000,000 POUNDS (Two Million POUNDS).

CONGRATULATIONS!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your 
winning information confidential until your claims have been fully 
processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security 
protocol  to avoid multiple claims and unwarranted abuse of this 
program by some participants. All participants were selected through a 
computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 
individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
This promotional program takes place every five years.

This lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some 
multinational companies in
Europe as part of their social  responsibility to the citizens in the 
communities where they have
operational base. We hope with part of your winnings you will take part 
in our next year Ten million POUNDS international lottery. To file for 
your claim, please contact our fiducial agent:
Mr. NEWTON O. GREEN
at:Reply Email: anpostintllottery@netscape.com

Remember all winning must be claimed not later than 21st of April 2005. 
After this date all unclaimed
funds will be included in the nextstake. Please note in order to avoid 
unnecessary delays and
complications, remember to quote your reference number and batch 
numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore should there be any change 
of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations 
once more from our members of staff and thank you for beingpart
of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified. You 
can as well reach me on my
Alternative E-mail:  susanmiller02222@hotmail.com

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Susan Miller
International Lottery (co-coordinator)
Alternative E-mail:  susanmiller02222@hotmail.com

N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of  the winners will 
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact 
your claims agent.

Emails sent from source IP (time/date, address):

80.231.4.18
2005-03-05 09:23:50 UTC	info@successgate-intlott.net
2005-03-10 13:41:32 UTC	info@successgate-intlott.net
2005-03-15 14:07:09 UTC	the_unionbank_plc@yahoo.com
2005-03-17 12:29:18 UTC	willimuzoma10@netscape.net
2005-03-19 11:29:03 UTC	regiwambe@netscape.net
2005-03-21 04:59:28 UTC	nelsonmikala@netscape.net
2005-03-22 03:58:06 UTC	nelsonmikala@netscape.net
2005-03-24 01:32:44 UTC	mrsabacha001@netscape.net
2005-03-24 01:41:01 UTC	mrsabacha001@netscape.net
2005-03-24 12:57:19 UTC	richardsmith1@private-business.net
2005-03-24 16:29:18 UTC	peterkpason@netscape.net
2005-03-25 16:05:16 UTC	susan01@susanelliot.com
2005-03-30 05:34:32 UTC	abamarac@mylife.ph
2005-03-31 01:27:26 UTC	rasheedw@zipmail.com.br
2005-04-01 13:43:52 UTC	info@an-post-lott.com
2005-04-01 13:44:44 UTC	info@an-post-lott.com
2005-04-01 16:26:02 UTC	notification@an-post-lott.com
2005-04-01 16:27:16 UTC	notification@an-post-lott.com
2005-04-01 16:31:40 UTC	notification@an-post-lott.com
2005-04-01 16:58:22 UTC	notification@an-post-lott.com
2005-04-02 11:51:15 UTC	notification@an-post-lott.com
2005-04-02 12:06:10 UTC	info@an-post-lott.com
2005-04-02 12:06:12 UTC	info@an-post-lott.com
2005-04-04 08:59:21 UTC	notification@luckydaynotification.com
2005-04-04 10:13:08 UTC	info@luckydaynotification.com
2005-04-04 17:41:16 UTC	andrewpeters@luckydaynotification.com
2005-04-04 23:20:51 UTC	rosa55savimbi@zipmail.com.br
2005-04-05 19:36:45 UTC	promo_manager@eusaint.org
2005-04-06 07:59:14 UTC	wende_alika@yahoo.co.uk
2005-04-13 17:15:07 UTC	bergerpt@tiscali.co.uk
2005-04-13 22:20:43 UTC	bergerpt@tiscali.co.uk
2005-04-13 22:45:03 UTC	bergerpt@tiscali.co.uk
2005-04-13 23:14:17 UTC	ptberger@terra.com.mx
2005-04-19 15:11:13 UTC	mustaphakelly41@easyinfomail.co.za
2005-04-19 16:41:33 UTC	rev_jossyfelix@yahoo.com
2005-04-19 16:43:04 UTC	rev_jossyfelix@yahoo.com
2005-04-21 14:01:58 UTC	jonathancaru2005@organizer.net
2005-04-21 15:35:46 UTC	notification@luckydaynotification.net
2005-04-21 15:57:19 UTC	info@luckydaynotification.net
2005-04-21 16:06:53 UTC	info@luckydaynotification.net
2005-04-21 16:07:34 UTC	info@luckydaynotification.net
2005-04-22 12:06:05 UTC	james_victor25@swissinfo.org
2005-04-22 19:05:21 UTC	dasilvacarlos1@swissinfo.org
2005-04-22 19:23:16 UTC	dasilvacarlos1@swissinfo.org

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