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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: luckymicro77@handbag.com
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:42:47 +0100
Subject: From:Micro Lottery You Have Won

MICRO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL - PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM
ADDRESS: DAALWIJK 813, 1102 AA, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS.

REF: MLI/PP2005-001
BATCH: 5300/P25/FC

ATTENTION:

RE AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE: MLI

This is to announce today, 20th January, 2005 result of winners of our
yearly SCIENTIFIC LOTTERY GAME PROMOTION held on 3rd January, 2005.

Your email address attached to ticket number 05-765204AC; with serial
number 00349 draw the lucky numbers 5-9-31-20, and consequently won the

lottery in category A. You are therefore entitled to a cash award of 2,

000,000Euros (TWO MILLION Euros), file REF NO. MLI/PP2005-001. This is
from total prize money of 22, 000,000.00Euros shared among the
international winners in our category A-C.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 15,000 company email addresses and 35,000,000 individual email
addresses from across the Globe as part of International Promotional
Program, which is conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now
in
custody of a Financial Security company insured in your FILE REFERENCE.

Due to the mix up of some email addresses, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and

your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of

this program.

This lottery program was organized by our group of philanthropist
promoted and sponsored by Mr. Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc, eminent
personalities like the sultan of Brunei, Multi Choice and other corporate

Organisations.This lottery program was organized to improving the use of

computer softwares and for the benefit of every Microsoft user.

To begin your claim, please contact your file processing officer:

MR Dave Rudolf, OF MICRO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL


Email address:(microlottery2005@winning.com) or (microlottery2005@netscap.net)

TEL:0031-630-554-252

Thank you
MRS. MIRJAM VAN BUREN
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM



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