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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: "lloyds software" <lloydssoftware_lottery@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 03:11:49 +0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION

LLOYDSSOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL LOTTO BV
Frieslandstraat 50,1082TL,Amsterdam, Netherlands

We are pleased to inform you of our announcement of october 2004 winners
of the LLOYDSSOFTWARE PROMOTION LOTTERY NETHERLANDS .

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM held on october2004, Your email address attached to
ticket number 131-45637829487580, drew the lucky numbers 7-14-75-42-48-80,
batch number 6365/NL and won the lottery in the 1st category.

You have been approved of a lump sum of EUR 500,000(FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND EUROS) credited to file LOTTERY REF NO.
PSIL/763276/03.

This is from the total prize money of Eur 50,000,000(fifyt million euros)
shared among the other international winners.

.All participants were selected through a computer ballot system draw form.
50,000 company email addresses and 5million individual email addresses from
Australia,New Zealand,America,Europe,Africa and Asia
as part of the international Promotions Program conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Your funds is secured and insured in your FILE REFERENCE.Due to mix up of
some numbers and names , we advice you keep this award strickly from public
notice until your claim is processed and your money remitted to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming by
participants of this program.

This lottery program is promoted by group of philantropist headed by the
Netherlands Government.

We hope you will participate in our end of year high stake International
Lottery. please contact
your
file/claim officer:
Mr Curtis Brown
email; lloyds_reserve@yahoo.co.uk
lloydssoftware_promotion@v3mail.com


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. You are also expected to send your full name and contact
address for proper verification and assessment of winnings.

Should there be any change of your address, do inform your claim agent as
soon as possible.You are required to communicate ONLY with your claiming
agent.

Sincerely,

Netty Calisto(Mrs.)
Lottery Coordinator

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