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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: prmotions manager <delottonl@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:31:16 +1100
Subject: BONUS PROMO

FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY
PROMOTERS. WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY \"A\" WINNER

Dear Lucky Winner,

RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING
NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just
concluded annual final draws of De Lotto Netherlands
International Lottery programs.

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an
exclusive list of 25,000 e-mail addresses of
individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet. No
tickets were sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail
address emerged as one of two winners in the category
\"A\" with the following:

Ref Number: 35149/337-5247/LNI

Batch Number: 26371545-LNI/2004

Ticket Number: 54866235

You as well as the other winner are therefore to
receive a cash prize of €: 1,500,000.00.(ONE MILLION,
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO ONLY) each from the total
payout.

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail
address and will be transferred to you upon meeting
our requirements, statutory obligations,
verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings
you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited
claims agent for category \"A\" winners with the

information below:

Mr.Jason Van Aken

Financial Director,

Netherlands Development Finance Company,

De Amsterdamse

Poort Bijlmerplein

888 1102 MG Amsterdam

1000 BV Amsterdam

E-mail: jasonvanaken@netscape.net

Phone number: +31-617-582-414

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 20
days. After this date all unclaimed funds would be
included in the next stake. Remember to quote your
reference information in all correspondence.
You are to keep all lotto information away from the
general public especially your reference and ticket
numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims
will not be entertained).

Anybody under the age of 18 and members of the
affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to
participate in this program.

Thank you and congratulations!!!

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Mildred Hugo

Games/Lottery Coordinator.

De Lotto Netherlands International

www.lotto.nl

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