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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: europemillion_lott@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 14:49:52 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!YOU HAVE WON

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
EUROPE MILLION INT LOTTERY PROMOTION
CALLE PINTO 43,1090 GB Madrid Spain .
Winner- REF: LP/26510460037/03
BATCH: 24/00319/IPE
RE: WINNING/AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION

It is our pleasure to inform you of the declaration and announcement of winners
of the EUROPE MILLION INT LOTTERY AWARD held on 2ND of Junly 2005.Having
picked your email address by our electronic web site visitors collectors
in recognition of your patronage to the Internet services, in the final
draw,your name was attached to ticket number 004-5117963-198, with serial
number 99375, drew the lucky numbers 05-07-11-12-13-27, and consequently
won
the lottery in the 2ND category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of Euro800.000.00
(Eight Hundred Thousand Euro) in cash credited to file No:
LP/26510460037/03. This is from a total cash prize of Euro48, 400,00000 shared
among the
22 international winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names from Africa, Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe,North
America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program that is conducted
annually to encourage the use of Internet and Internet based programs.

We are delighted to express our heartfelt congratulations to you. Your fund
is now deposited at one of our sponsor's Security and Finance Trust house
and insured in your name. But due to the mix up of some numbers and names
during sorting of winners, we ask that you keep this award strictly
from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money paid
to you in cash or remitted to your designated bank account. This is part
of
our security measure to avoid double claiming or Unscrupulous acts by participants
in this program.

We hope that with a fraction of you prize, you will be able to own your web
site and assist the less privilege in your society and also participate
in our next year high stakes promotions of Euro100million International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims , please contact the accredited
company stated below ,

DETON PRIMER SECURITIES & FINANCE.
ZONE A OFFICE MADRID SPAIN.
Email:detonprim@zwallet.com
Tel: +34 626 759 299.
MR JAMES SWATTS (Operations Manager)

for information on how you will commence the due Processing and remittance
of your prize money to your designated account.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 20Th of junly 2005.After
this duration, all funds will be returned to the Ministry of Economic
Affairs 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 or to our coordinate sponsor's bank. Should there
be any change of your address, do inform your claims processing agent as
soon as
possible.

Congratulations from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions
program. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result

to disqualification.

Yours sincerely,
PAMELA Gumez
(THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER)




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