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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: "ANDRE WOODS" <andre_woods@tiscali.fi> (may be fake)
Reply-To: adams_cynthia@caramail.com
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 13:09:34 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS,YOU HAVE WON OUR 2004 LOTTERY CASH AWARD,WRITE BACK FOR CLAIMS

ATTN-SIR
HAGUE QUESTRY LOTTERY
BURASKA 26
7651 AM GRONINGEN
THE NETHERLANDS

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: TLOT /33900560/04
BATCH: 24/AI90061/8482/UI

ATTENTION:
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 29th October,2004
of winners of the HAGUE QUESTRY PROMO LOTTERY,THE NETHERLANDS
INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held on 28th August, 2004.
Your email address,is attached to ticket number 7860-0908-1190-111,
with serial number 4099-11 drew the lucky numbers 49-01-00-10-10-49, and
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$5,500.000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO: TLOT/33900560/04. This is from
total prize money of US$80,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen
international winners in this category. All participants were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Australia, New
Zealand, America, Europe, North America ,Africa and Asia as
part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!Your fund is now deposited with a Security company
insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we
ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your
claim has been processed and your money remitted to your 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, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes US$1.3billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your Claims Agent;

MRS CYNTHIA ADAMS
FOREIGN SERVICE DIRECTOR,
on email address: adams_cynthia@caramail.com
Please send your Telephone and Fax nos along.
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of the official bank to the lottery matters.

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 10TH NOVEMBER 2004.
After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
Correspondences with your agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
ANDRE WOODS
THE PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR,
THE HAGUE QUESTRY PROMO LOTTERY,THE NETHERLANDS.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification.
SORRY FOR THE LATE INFORMATION THANKS

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