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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: "Elsa Dalton" <elsadalton@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 09:28:51 +0000
Subject: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMME!!!

FROM: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT OF ROYAL NATIONAL LOTTERY, WINNING NOTICE
FOR SILVER STAKE WINNER- Ref. No.- RNL/051/652659967/UK

Attention:

Royal National Lottery has just concluded its final draws of it'speriodical
promotional program. An exclusive list of email addresses of thousands of
individual and corporate bodies were picked by automated random computer
search from the internet. No tickets were sold.

Your email address emerged as one of seven winners in the silver stakes
category as email addresses were soughted, from a total number of 25,000
addresses drawn from all over the globe.

After an automated computer ballot of our International Promotions Program,
only SEVEN winners emerged in this category and therefore each are to
receive payouts of €1,500,000,00 from the total of €10,500,000.00 (TEN
MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS).

However,every email address selected was accompanied by a reference and
ticket number, after the cyber lotto selection, the below ticket and
reference numbers emereged as one of the lucky winners in the above
category.CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Reference number for your prize is:Ref. No.- RNL/051/652659967/UK
Ticket No.- RNL87867UK

For the your prize claim processing, we have employed the service of an
lnternational Trust firm. They are to handle the transfer of your cashprize
of €1,500,000.00 in line with our procedures and upon your directions. Your
prize has been insured to its full value with your email address and will be
transferred to you under their professional service.

To immediately initiate the processing of your prize claim, please contact
our financial handlers Bond finance & securities,below are the contact
information of their FINANCIAL DIRECTOR;

Mr. Leonard Walter
Financial Director
Bond finance & securities.
email:walter_leonek@hotmail.com
cc:walter_leonek@atmail.nl
Phone:+447040114988
Fax: +448701355854

In your best interest(s), you must initiate contact within two weeks of
receipt of this correspondence. Bond finance & securities,are to handle all
matters with regards to claiming of your prize money. You are also advised
to send a copy of this email, to your claims agent Mr. Leonard
Walter, when contacting him.

You may be required to provide any of the above information during the
process of collecting your prize. We congratulate you once again and it is
our hope that you participate in any of our international programs in the
nearest future.

Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

Sincerely,
Elsa Dalton,
Promotions Manager,
Royal National Lottery,
United Kingdom



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