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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: tclotterys <stenkss@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:56:09 -0500
Subject: TREASURE/RECEIPT!!!


Treasure Chest Sweepstakes Lottery,
Nachtwachtlaan 20,
Amsterdam 1058 EA,
Netherlands

BONANZA ! BONANZA !! BONANZA !!!

Hurray! You have been selected as one of the five lucky winners in the second edition of the TREASURE CHEST SWEEPSTAKES promotional draw. You have therefore been approved for a huge payout of 1.6 Million Euros (One Million, Six Hundred Thousand Euros Only)!

How was the selction process done?

Winners were randomly selected from an initial database of 500,000 emails which was eventually downsized to 5,000 from which we eventually selected the final and lucky five. The process was done through the computerized email balloting system selecting emails from The Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and South America.

The process of collecting your winnings is to be handled by our Prize Transfer Agents. To ensure a smooth collection of your grand prize, You are to contact our agents by email or fax within a week of receiving this notice. Please find full contact details below:

Steve Nicks,
Foreign Service Manager,
De Diamant Finance,
De Ruyterkade 6,
1013 AA Amsterdam
1000 AD Amsterdam
Netherlands
Tel: 31 645 920 978
Fax: 31 205 248 515
Email:stevenicks10@myway.com ,stevenicks08@bluemail.dk

When you contact your claims agent please provide him with the following information below:


Ref No: TCL/31251311-08
Grand Draw No: 12099
Secret pin code: 7769847

Furthermore you are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery information and numbers from the public in line with our company security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals.Please do not reply to this mail, contact your claims agent as instructed above.



On behalf of all our staff in Treasure Chest Sweepstakes Lotto program, accept my Congratulations!

Mr. Ruud Van Gaal
The Marketting Manager,
Treasure Chest Sweepstakes Lottery.



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