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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: ROYAL NETHERLANDS BV <harrisonbell@walla.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 05:03:28 -0000
Subject: EMAIL LOTTERY NEWS!!!

FROM:PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF ROYAL NETHERLANDS SWEEPSTAKES BV
WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY B WINNER
Ref No:RNS/01/1836547290/NL
We are happy to inform you that your email address has been selected as
one of the
lucky email
addresses in the category "B"of the online lotto conducted by our company
ROYAL
NETHERLANDS
SWEEPSTAKES BV here in Amsterdam.

CONGRATULATIONS! The cyber-Lotto was conducted by a first of its kind
automated
computer
balloting system, where by email addresses(25,000 email addresses),were
extracted
from all continents of
the world. A draw was held in different categories and winners emerged from
different parts of the world
and they are entitled to various cash prizes depending on their different
categories.Thus, you are entitled
to a prize money of €750,000,00 (Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Euros).

Reference number for your prize
is:RNS/01/1836547290/NL,
Ticket number:RNS/147/01/80.
As a category B winner, you have been selected by computer balloting
system where
only email
addresses are soughted,from a total number of 25,000 addresses drawn from
all over
the globe.After an
automated computer ballot of our International Promotions Program, only
FIVE winners
emerged in this
category and therefore each are to
receive payouts of €,750,000,00 ( Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Euros)
from the
total of
€3,500,000.00 (THREE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS).

To immediately claim your prize, please contact our Category "B" financial
handlers
below are the
contact information of their financial director:
Mr.Harrison Bell
Tel: +31-610-171-453.
email: harrybell7@netscape.net

Provide Prize reference number-RNS/01/1836547290/NL and winning ticket
number-RNS/147/01/80
for confirmation. In your best interest(s), you must initiate contact
within two
weeks of receipt of this
correspondence. are to handle all matters with regards to claiming of your
prize
money. You are also
advised to send a copy of this email, to your claims agent
Mr. Harrison Bell, when contacting him.You may be required to provide any
of the
above information
during the process of collecting your prize. We congratulate you once
again and it
is our hope that you
participate in any of our international programs in the nearest future.

Thank you.
Sincerely,
Caroline Hesnik
Promotions Manager

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