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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: "REBECCA LUIS" <rebecca_luis1@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:16:57 +0000
Subject: Y O U H A V E B E C H O S E N

FROM THE DIRECTOR
STAATLOTERIJ.NL
Paleisstraat 5
2514 JA Amersfort NL

CONGRATULATION !!!

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of today 21 November 2005,
that you have be selected as one of the Three winners of our once in five
years award promotion of the staatloterij international held Recently as
part of our WORLDWIDE SWEEPSTAKE BONANZA. You approved for a pay out of
€250,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro) in cash credited to file
REF NO.SKL/11-TPT/77314643. We in the staatloterij is by this program,
launching our model computer Balloting lottery draws, developed and designed
to satisfy the cravings of the ever-growing number of participants in our
various promotion Programs.

With funds accrued exclusively from previous various draws, Payouts to all
winners guaranteed and transferred in record time and in the stipulated
mode. You are in category C .After random selection of 15,000 participants
from an Initial database of 300,000 emails and postcode. All participants
selected through a computer balloting system in the Middle East, Asia,
Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and South America in our databases.

As part of our International Award Promotions Program, which conducted in
view of launching ourselves into the Sweepstakes Industry Worldwide and
zoning all participants by their Respective continents from across the
globe, we produced an extensive list from which you emerged as one of the
winners of the Grand Draw Award.

You are to contact the processing and remittance office by Email or
telephone within a week of receiving this message. Please find full contact
details below:

Mr. Simon Van Rossem
Hallmarkfinance Group
Cusmoslaan 101
1218 HG, Almere
The Netherlands
TEL:+31-649-304-544
EMAIL ADDRESS: hallmarkfinanceg@netscape.net

Send your full Name, Address, Sex. Age, Occupation, Nationality, Country of
residence, telephone and fax number, winning email address, amount won and
next of kins when replying this letter. Remember, you must contact your
remittance officer a week of receiving this notification. After this date,
all funds will be return as unclaimed.

NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and Complications, please remember to
Quote your
Reference numbers in every one of your correspondences with your officer.

Congratulations again from all our staff for being part of our award
Promotions program.

THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR,
Mrs. REBECCA LUIS

The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to
whom, which it is written, unauthorized use, disclosure, or copying is
prohibited. The sender accepts no liability for the improper transmission of
this communication or for any delay in its receipt.

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