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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: "EUROMILLIONES INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM" <eurolotto2005@mixmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 21:05:37 +0200
Subject: Final Winning Notification

EUROMILLIONES INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM


TO THE MANAGING DIRECTOR:
FROM: THE DESK OF PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF: OYL/34890003476/07
BATCH: 65/00319/IPD

Dear Sir/Madam,
As reflected in our first mail to you, this lottery program has been on-line for so many years till date. A lot of people have also benefited from it, with winnings ranging from €5,000, €100,000 and more. This year’s program has been designed to give out lump sums to fewer individuals and corporate winners. Emails listed on the internet were picked at random from different websites, discussion groups and search engines for the final selection and winning.
Your email address was picked by our automated computer ballot system, which has been programmed for this random selection. This has eventually qualified you for the lump sum jackpot of €1,549,790.41(One million,five hundred and forty nine thousand sevenhundred and ninety and forty one cents)as your winning prize.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Europe payment office in Madrid as indicated in the results. In line with this, your €1,549,790.41 will be paid to you upon confirmation and clarification by our payment office in Madrid,Spain. are therefore required to either visit our accredited claims processing commission or contact them immediately at:
Tel.: +34-619-201-153
FAX: +34-654-924-666
EMAIL:topeuromillione@mixmail.com
CONTACT: MR.CARLOS SANCHEZ
You are to provide the below details to this commission, to enable the
speedy evaluation and processing of your winnings. We advice that you adhere strictly to their procedures to avoid any disqualifications and subsequent cancellation

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