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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: cumming_brain@tiscali.it
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:11:38 -0800
Subject: PERSONAL(seasons greetings)

NUEVO ORO LOTTO COMPANY S.L
CALLE LIMA 27.
MADRID 28081
SPAIN.
WINNING NOTIFICATION
FROM: THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

REF: NL/3167084000127/04 BATCH: 17/00421/IPD
RE: AWARD NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement, of winners of the NUEVO
LOTERIA/INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on 17TH AUGUST,2004. Your contact
is attached to ticket number 106-007225644647, with serial number 114876
drew the lucky numbers 07-13-27-29-31-47, and consequently won the lottery
in the 1A category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of One Million Six Hundred and fourty-Seven Thousand, Eight Hundred
and Twenty Eight Euros and Eighty-Seven Euro Cents. (EUROS 1.647.828.87)
in cash credited to file No:LP/26510460037/02. For all our international
winners the value of the amount comes to ($2.045.238.63 USD) Two Million
Fouty-Five thousand, two hundred and thrity-eight United States Dollars
and Sixty three cents.
This is from total prize money of EUROS 47.640.120.00 shared among the Fifty
three local and international winners in all the categories. All participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 116,000 names
from Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Europe, North and South America and
Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your fund is now insured to your contact. Due to the
computer mix up of some numbers and contacts, 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 you prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes Euros 1.1 billion International Lottery. To begin your claim,
please contact the undersigned.
Since all we have now is the winning ticket number and your contact which
was attached to the ticket number, we shall thus await further directives
from you on how to have your winning paid to you.
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account
. We also want to apologise for this late notification which was due a computer
mix up.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 25th DECEMBER 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 us. 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,
BRAIN CUMMING
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Mr. PETER GOMEZ
EMAIL: agentpetgomez@tsamail.co.za
NUEVO ORO LOTTO COMPANY S.L
CALLE LIMA 27.
MADRID 28081
SPAIN.


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