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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: toddhansonn1@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:01:08 +0000
Subject: Award Notification

LUCKY DAY LOTTERY NETHERLANDS
www.luckyday.nl
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LDL /2551256003/22
BATCH: 14/0017/IPD

ATTENTION: SIR//MADAM
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 19th of November
2004 that you

are one of the winners of the LUCKY DAY LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held
on 16th of

November 2004. Your email, attached to ticket number 025-1146-1992-750,
with serial

number 2113-22 drew the lucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43; the lottery was
categorized

into four zonal (africa, america, europe and asia)stages with the amount
won by

individual respectively and consequently you have won the lottery in the
1st category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000.00Euro[One
Million

Euro]. Credited to file REF NO. LDL/2551256003/22.
This is from total prize of 17,000,000.00 Euro in 1st category shared among
the

seventeen international winners in this category. All participants were
selected through

a computer ballot system drawn form 15 million email addresses from Australia,
New

Zealand, America, Europe and North America and Africa as part of International


Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a security company insured with your reference
and batch

numbers. You are required keep this award to yourself until your claim has
been

processed and your money remitted to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous
acts by

participants of this program.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim Agent,
Van Nelson, Email:agentvannelson@netscape.net
For due processing and remittance of your prize.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than two weeks after
the day of

notification. 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,
Todd Hansonn
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
LUCKY DAY LOTTERY.



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