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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: "MR PUAL PETER" <spanish2005lotto@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: spanish_lotto_2005@yahoo.es
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 14:24:57 +0000
Subject: MERRY CHRISTMAS ( CLAIM WINNING!! )

FROM: SPANISH LOTTO
POSTFACH, 48009 BILBAO.
HEAD OFFICE: SPAIN
REF NO: 00/72/22/03
BATCH NO:SP/80/33-05
ATTENTION: SIR / MADAM,

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 6673003961-77 with serial
number 199-000-643 drew lucky numbers 44-1-22-12-32-11 which consequently
won in
the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
$2,000,000 (TWO MILLION POUNDS STERLINGS).

program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 10,000 companies and 4,000,000 individual email addresses from all
search engines and web sites.

This promotional program takes place every year,its promoted and sponsored
by
microsoft inc and other corporate organisations,this is to encourage the
use of the internet and computers worldwide.

Secure your winning informations till your claims have been processed and
your
money remitted to you,this is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claims and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

To file for your claim,please contact our fiducially agent claims officer
via email as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

Mrs Tracey Williams

E-mail address: spanish_lotto_2005@yahoo.es

Remember, all winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days After
the date of this notice.
Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence.

Congratulations once more.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.


(ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT REQUIRMENT)

USE CAPITAL LETTERS ONLY

Full names:...........................
Contact address :................................
Next of kin:...........................
Sex:.......................
Phone numbers:......................................
Age:.......................
Company name:............................
Profession:..................................
Nationality:.................................

Date:................
I MR/MRS/..........................here by duly declare
that i have not claimed any fund from THE SPANISH LOTTO
COMPANY before,and will follow up the procedures for my winning prize
to be
release.
NOTICE:
The above details will be documented in our database to avoid double
claimming,or claim from any unscrupulous individual. We will inform you
on further procedures,immediatelly we recieved your datas.Our paying
office
in spain.

BEST REGARDS,
Mr PETER ROBINSON
(LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR)
POSTFACH,48009 BILBAO.
HEAD OFFICE:SPAIN

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