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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: "hans frank" <nationallottery-nl@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:37:10 +0100
Subject: WINNING AWARD NOTIFICATION:

The National Lottery Program
P O Box 1010 Amsterdam
The Nederlands
Date:12-11-2005.
Ref: NL/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
(Customer Services)

WINNING AWARD NOTIFICATION:

We are pleased to inform you of the release today the14th of November
2005 of the draw (#953) of the NEDERLANDS NATIONAL LOTTERY,online
Sweepstakes International program held on the 4th October 2005.


Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 07-11-12-20-38-44(bonus no.45),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch 5 plus
bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of eight hundred
thousand euros (€800,000.00)in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of eight million euros(€8.000, 000.00)shared
amongst the first ten (10) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus
bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online as part of
our international promotion program meant solely for enhancing and
encouraging human development across the globe., which we conduct every Four
years.


Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.In view of
this, your eight hundred thousand euros (€800,000.00) would be released to
you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact our fiduciary agent.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in
what ever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.To file for your claim,
please contact our fiduciary agent:
Barr.Jerry Smith (Director of operations).

E-mail: lotteryagencynl@netscape.net
Tel:0031-649-222-439.
Fax:0031-8475-585-75

You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings
and also get a prize breakdown.
Congratulations once again from all members of ourstaff.

Brian Hunt,
Online coordinator for NEDERLANDS NATIONAL LOTTERY,

NB: All participants below the age of 18 years old are
automatically disqualified.

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