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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: "EURO AMERICA" <euroamerica@aliuafeez.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 16:54:55 +0000
Subject: Notification

Customer Service
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the EURO-AMERICAN-LOTTO Sweepstake
Online Lottery International programs held on the 8th of September, 2005 in
BRESIA ITALY Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188
with Serial number 5368/02drew the lucky numbers:19-6-26-17-35-7, which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum ofUS$2,500,000.00 (Two
million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to
file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of! US $ 25
Million&nbs! p;dollars, shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in
this category.All participants were sel! ected randomly from World Wide Web
site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.
This promotion takes place annually Please note that your lucky
winningnumber falls within our European booklet representative office in
Europe as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this, your
US$2,500,000.00 (Two million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
would be released to you by our payment office in europe. Our European agent
will Emmediately commence the process to facilitatethe release of your
funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
informationconfidential till your claims is processed and your money
remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double ! claiming and
unwarranted a! buse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
MR MURPHEY TERRY

Email: murphey_terry01@yahoo.it

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full
names,your country, your private Telephone and fax number, your
reference/batch numbers etc in any correspondences with us or our
designated agent. Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of
this program.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
RITA JONES.
EURO-AMERICAN-LOTTO Co-ordinator .



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