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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: Rolf Glauser <fk8.mc3@email.it>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:50:08 +0100
Subject: RE: Payment of US$850,000.00

Dear Sir/Madam,

RE: Payment of US$850,000.00

We are pleased to inform you of the official announcement yesterday of the
winners of the SwissLotto International programme held on Saturday 21st
October 2006.
You or your company, attached to ticket number 7FG-GZ88,serial number
2A-7T5F drew the lucky numbers 12-18-22-27-28-38, and consequently won the
lottery in the international category.

Please confirm results: http://www.swisslotto.ch/

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of US$850,000.00
(Eight hundred and fifty thousand USD) in cash
credited to file with Ref No: SWLT/06D67 and Batch No: 06/HF4Z/UKP.
This is from total prize money of US$17,000,000.00 shared among 20
international winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from over 450,000 companies and individuals from Australia, New Zealand,
Africa, Europe, North America, South America and Asia as part our
International promotions program for the year 2006, conducted bi-annually.

Congratulations!

Your fund is now deposited with our finance company in the United Kingdom
and insured in your name.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award
strictly private from public notice until your claim has been fully
processed and your total prize money remitted to your designated bank
account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of
your prize money, you will participate in our end of year high stakes of
US$70 Million International lottery jackpot slot to be held in December
2006.

For the immediate collection of your prize money, Please contact directly
our Payment Manager in the United Kingdom:

Verena Bergen
Payment Manager
SwissLotto Office,London EC2M 4RB,United Kingdom
Telephone/Fax:44-8712648152
E-mail: vbergen@aggies.com


Your prize money must be claimed before 20th November 2006, after this date
all unclaimed funds/Winnings will be rolled over and returned back to the
treasury as Invalid.
All correspondences to VERENA BERGEN should have this email sent along with
it along with your Contact Address, Country of residence and your Email
address.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your Contact Address, do inform
our Payment Manager,VERENA BERGEN as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
programme.

Sincerely,

Rolf Glauser
Vice-Presidents,Awards
SwissLotto International
Lange Gasse 20 CH-4052 Basel Switzerland

NOTE. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result
to instant disqualification.
PLEASE CONTACT VERENA BERGEN BY E-MAIL, TELEPHONE OR FAX IMMEDIATELY.
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