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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: "New Mexico International Lottery" <newmexicodept@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 16:19:42 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

The New Mexico Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the NEW MEXICO LOTTERY
Online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 26TH of
November,2005. It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the final
NOTIFICATION as
regards this.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:28-34-37-45-53-32 (bonus no.5),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus
bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $9,000,000
(Nine Million united states dollars) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.

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.
This
promotion takes place weekly.

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 $9,000,000)Nine milllion united states dollars)will 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 him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and yourmoney remitted to you
in
whatever 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:with your
full
NAMES,ADDRESS,TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER AND TICKET NUMBER.

DR. PEDRO SANTARINO
Tel: +44-703-192-8226
Official Email:nml2005@myway.com

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NEW MEXICO LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,

Stella Ellis.Mrs
Online coordinator for THE NEW MEXICO LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

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