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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: "MRS EDITH STANLEY" <2004_euro_lotto_intl@steam.to> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:12:48 +0300
Subject: FROM MRS EDITH STANLEY CONGRATULATIONS!!!

MRS. EDITH STANLEY.
EUROMAIL LOTTO INTERNATIONAL (ELI)
45th Street, Suite 203 Phoenix,
AZ 85018
MADRID SPAIN
REF NUMBER: ELI/653/029/03
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06-03
email:200_euro_lotto_intl@steam.to
DATE: 11th september,2004.

Dear Sir/madam,
We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our
recent lottery draw held on
the 12th April, 2004. Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number
27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky
numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45,
which consequently won in the 2nd category. You have
therefore been approved for
a lump sum pay out of 4,558,825,50 (Euros)
Note that all participants in this lottery program have
been selected
randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 20,000 companies and
30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search
engines and web sites. This
promotional program takes place every year, and is
promoted and sponsored by
eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, bill
gates of Microsoft Inc and
other corporate organizations. This is to encourage the
use of the Internet andcomputers worldwide.
For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you
keep your winning
information confidential until 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. We look
forward to your active participation in our next year
USD50 million slot.
You are requested to contact our Lottery coordinator
below to assist you with
your winnings and subsequent payments. All winnings
must be claimed not later
than one month 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.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform our agent as soon as
possible. Congratulations once more and thank you for
being part of our
promotional program.
NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE
BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE. ALSO REPLY
TO THE ABOVE EMAIL ID.

Yours faithfully,
MRS. EDITH STANLEY.
(Lottery Coordinator)

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