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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: "SUMMERSET INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY" <summerset-lotto-board@rock.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:54:43 +0100
Subject: SUMMERSET INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PRIZE AWARDE WINNIN NOTIFICATION

FROM:GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS.
WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "B" WINNERS.
Ref..# SLPA / 628000234/ 05
Batch..# 05-968544400-LPA
RE:BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded final draws of SUMMERSET INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD held on the 10th March,2005. 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 in appreciation of our annual summer visitors to Spain. No tickets were sold.
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category "B" with the following:
You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of €2,800,809:00 ( Two Million, Eight Hundred Thousand, Eight Hundred And Nine Euros Only) each from the total payout prize.
Your prize awards has been insured with your e-mail address pending when your full names and address will be known to us, and thereafter,your winning fund will be transfered 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 Sr. Pedro Gonzalez
Tel # +34-675-165-960
Fax #+34-657-197-922
Email: mega-trust-ag@myway.com <mailto:mega-trust-ag@myway.com>
And <mailto:mega-europe-trust@And> also be informed that 10% of your lottery winning belongs to (IBERO PROMOTION COMPANY S,A.) Because they are the company that bought your ticket and played the lottery on your name, NOTE this 10% will be remitted after you have received your winnings prize because the money is insured in your name already. for category "B" winners with the informations below:
Ticket #. 005-620006500238-SSLPA.
Serial #. 779065780999
Winning #. 05-56-622-100-077
File # LPA / 609874
NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than the 29th March,2005. After this date, all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondences. You are to keep all lottery informations 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.

Congratulations!!!
Yours faithfully,
PABLO ANTONIO MARIANO.

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