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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: brainkelvin@terra.com.mx
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 10:11:13 -0700
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

NUEVO ORO LOTTO COMPANY S.L
CALLE LIMA 27.
MADRID 28081
SPAIN.
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 25TH
April, 2005. Yourcontact 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 20th June 2005. 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 Kelvin
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent
Mrs.ANTONIO SARA
EMAIL:antoniosara2003@web-mail.com.ar
NUEVO ORO LOTTO COMPANY S.L
CALLE LIMA 27.
MADRID 28081
SPAIN
















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