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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: "THE PROMOTION MANGER." <lotterywinners@mail2europe.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lotowinners@gatormail.ws
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 13:46:21 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!,YOUR PRIZE AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION,.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

REF: LP/26510460037/04
BATCH: 24/00319/I



RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the release today, January 4th 2005,of the LA-PRIMITIVA LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on the 15th of November, 2004.
Your name attached to ticket number 025 11464992-750 with serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky number 3-18-19-30-32-39, which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for the lump sum pay out of Dollars. ($850,000.00 - Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars only.) in cash credit to the file REF: LP/26510460037/04. This is from a total prize of Dollars. $20,299,000.00 (Twenty Million United States Dollars) shared among the twenty three (23) International winners in this category.

CONGRATULATION!

Your fund is now deposited with a Security Company MAGNUM TRUST SECURITY SA. MADRID SPAIN. Due to the mixed up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award confidential from the public notice until your claim has been processed and your prize money remitted to your account as this is a part of our Security protocol to avoid double claiming award or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Australia, USA, Europe, Asia New Zealand, Middle-East and South-North America as part of our international promotions program, which we conducted once in a year. We hope with part of your prize, you will take part in our end of the year high stake Dollars 10 Million International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact the issuing authority, your prize claim agent MR.ROMERO LUIS of MAGNUM TRUST SECURITY.S.A. (Foreign Service Manager) for processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Tel: +34 620-657-363 OR Via Email at (magnumvault@europe.com) .

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th of February 2005. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every of your correspondence with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change in address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Thank you for being part of our programme.
Best regards and once more CONGRATULATIONS!


MARIA JOSE SANCHEZ
Communications Officer

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