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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: "INFO MAILER" <infomailer_513@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:14:59 +0000
Subject: WINNERS NOTIFICATION -- (YOUR E-MAIL CLIPPED WINNING TICKET)


PRESIDENTE ASSISTANTE
EURO MILLIONES LOTORIA
MADRID - ESPAÑA.

Dear Beneficiary,

REF NO :MGMT/1770/5800/EUES
BATCH NO:WTWU/3030/INSD

We happily announce to you that you are a winner of the draw (#946) of the
EURO MILLONES LOTTERY, online LA-PRIMITIVA LOTERIA program held on 10th of
Octubre, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 245-242-065
with Serial number 255-189-279 drew the lucky numbers:06-19-25-39-44, which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st Category.

Your email have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
?450,000:00(Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros Only)in cash deposited
with High Insurance Policy to its real value and credited to file
UMP/TM5343.

This is from a total cash prize of ?4,500,000:00 (Four Million Five Hundred
Thousand Euros Only)shared amongst the (10) lucky winners in this category.
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.

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, ?450,000:00(Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros Only) would be
released to you by our acredited bank.

To begin the processing of your claim, you are required to contact the
Accredited Agency responsible:
JOAQUIN LOPEZ (ABOGADOS/ATTORNEY)
segurusagencia@netscape.net

You are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your
claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever desired mode,
you would be informed in accordance with the European Union Financial Act
2002, all documents covering your winning must be legalise in the. Ministry
of Justice here in Spain before the bank will effect payment of your wining
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:

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the EURO MILLONES LOTTERY ESPAÑA.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. SERINO MATINEZ
Online coordinator for
EURO MILLONES LOTTERY

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