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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: "infolott promotion" <infolottpromotion4@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:39:26 +0000
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION / YOU HAVE WON AN E-MAIL LOTTERY.

OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION AND HOW YOU BECAME A WINNER.


(IDAHO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL)
Prize Remittance Division
Batch no: ID/7704/07/050.
Ref no: 3985459LP.
Serial no: DF44970DE.
Ticket no:0769675.
Lucky no:067-546-819-006.

This email confirms that you have received from the IDAHO LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL an official notification of your lotto winning in the IDAHO
LOTTO AUTOMATIC SUBSCRIPTION TICKET GAME (I.A.S.T) which took place on
November 28th , 2005 at our lottery office complex in Amsterdam Netherlands.

You have won an IDAHO LOTTO PRIZE OF €500.000.00 Five Hundred Thousand euro
only, a prize payout of your winning has been approved by the IDAHOLOTTO
GROUP.

In accordance with the Europe Million lottery ordinance, you are authorized
as the lotto prize winner to request claims of your winning prize.

The IDAHO LOTTO AUTOMATIC SUBSCRIPTION TICKET (I.A.S.T) GAME is an online
promotional program organized by the IDAHOLOTTO INTERNATIONAL. This
programmed is a given out offer to all customers of Idaho lottery all over
Asia, Africa, Europe and Midden East .

This promotional program takes place every four years.
Total of 500,000 different email addresses are entered for the IDAHO LOTTO
AUTOMATIC SUBSCRIPTION TICKET GAME (I.A.S.T). All email addresses entered
for the game are submitted by our partner, international email service
providers/ marketing companies and public services providers.

Winners are randomly selected systematically through our Electronic Random
Selection System (ERSS). Your email ID was included among the 500,000 email
addresses and was luckily selected among 1-5 batch winners.Always quote your
batch and refrence numbers in all your subsiquent mails to us.

Note that the IDAHO LOTTO INTERNATIONAL will remit prize payout to only
winners who officially file in for their prize claims. You are to choose one
out of the listed option by which you want your prize remitted to you:

(1) By Bank Transfer to your BANK Account in your country of origin
(2) Traveling to our office PAY OUT Department in The Netherlands Holland.
for personal collection of winning prize.

You are required to file your claims by contacting the approved agent for
your claims, MR. ALBERT FOSTER.

idaholottpromot@netscape.net
611 KLEIBURG, 1104 AD.
AMSTERDAM,THE NETHERLANDS.
Tel.:+31- 624-944-942.



THIS EMAIL WAS SENT FROM THE DESK OF THE ORGANIZATION PRESIDENT IDAHO LOTTO
INTERNATIONAL, ON BEHALF OF I.A.S.T GAMES 2005.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WINNING.

SINCERELY,

ROBERT A. V. BENARD .
GROUP PRESIDENT - I.L.G. I. P

This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended
solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.
If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager.

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