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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: "Lotto Lucky" <luckylotto_nl@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 13:01:57 +0000
Subject: Notice

FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS.
WINNING NOTICE
FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER

Dear Lucky Winner,

ELEKTRONIK LOTTO PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of Lotto International Netherlands programs.The online cyber
lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail
addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated
random computer search from the
internet.After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged
as one of the winners in the category "A" with the following:

Ref Number: PC 9590 ES 9414
Batch Number: 573881545-LNG/2005
Ticket Number: PCP 3502 /8707

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of
US$1,000,000. (One Million Unites States dollars only)Your prize award has
been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon
meeting our requirements,statutory obligations, verifications, validations
and satisfactory report.To file in for the processing of your prize
winnings,you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent
for category "A"winners with the information below:

Mr.Eric Roland
Claim Processing Officer,
LOTTO INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION AGENCY.
Email:lotorio2005@netscape.net
www.lotto.nl

You are adviced to provide him with the following informations:

Names:
Phone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Ref Number:
Batch Number:
Ticket Number:

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14days. thereafter
unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.Remember to quote your
reference information in all correspondence.
You are to keep all lotto information confidential,especially your reference
and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not
be entertained).Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not
allowed to participate in thisprogram.

Thank you and congratulations!!!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Mercy Williems
Games/Lottery Coordinator.
Lotto International Netherlands
www.lotto.nl

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