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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: winnersonline@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 12:42:02 -0700
Subject: LOTTO INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS. WINNING NOTICE
FOR CATEGORY \"A\" WINNER
Dear Lucky Winner,
RE: LOTTO INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded Month of
May 2005 final draws of Lotto International 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 email address emerged as one of two winners in the category
\"A\" with the following:
Ref Number: PC 390 ES 214
Batch Number: 26371545-LNI/2004
Ticket Number: PCP 002 871
You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of
EUR1,500,000.00.(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. Bolton gerald
Remittance Department Director,
Lottery International NL Company [Lotto International
107 Vanderloop 902AB ,Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-620-244-951
E-mail: agentbolton@myway.com
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).Members of the affiliate
Agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.
Thank you and congratulations!!!
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Agatha De Boer,
Games/Lottery Coordinator.
Lotto International Netherlands
www.lotto.nl
This email may contain information which is confidential and/or privileged.
The information is intended solely for the use of the Individual or entity
named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure,
copying, distribution or use of the contents is prohibited.
If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please notify
the sender by return email and Delete the material from your computer.


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