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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: "prizenotificationpromotion notification promotion"
<euroamericalottonotification@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 10:34:43 +0000
Subject: PRIZE NOTIFICATION

EURO AMERICAN LOTTERY PROMO
3B OLYMPIC WAY, SEFTON BUSINESS PARK,
AINTREE, LIVERPOOL, L30 1RD

FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: EALP/66-CAW662005

Dear Winner,
We are pleased to announce you as one of the 6 lucky winners in the EURO
AMERICAN LOTTERY draw held on 15th of December 2005. All 6 winning addresses
were randomly selected from a batch of 40,000 international emails. Your
email address emerged alongside 5 others as a 3rd category winner in this
month's draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
£1,500,000 Pounds( one million five hundred thousand pounds) only. The
following particulars are attached to your lottery payment order:

(i) Winning numbers: 30, 14, 29, 21, 48, 11
(ii) Email ticket number: 163-0-3251
(iii) Lotto batch number: 328-3GD
(iv) File Ref. number: EALP/66-CAW662005

Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for the
immediate release of your winnings:

Mr. JOEL BRIZIN,
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR,
EURO AMERICAN LOTTERY PROMO.
Tel/fax. +44-870-137-6954
Email:claimsofficerjoel_eurolottery@yahoo.co.uk

Youn are to contact your claims with the following informations:

Payment And Release Order Form

1. Name in full :
2. Address :
3. Nationality :
4. Age :
5. Occupation :
6. Sex :
7. Phone/Fax :
8. Amount Won :

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!


Sincerely,
Mrs Grace Robinson.
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK.
3B OLYMPIC WAY, SEFTON BUSINESS PARK,
AINTREE, LIVERPOOL, L30 1RD

N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 20 working days from today.
2.Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4.Remember to Contact your claims agent.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK. is proudly
sponsored by financial Corp's,the Euro American group and a conglomeration
of other international IT companies. and is organized to encourage the use
of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200
Million Pounds are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.

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