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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: "You re a Winner" <swisslottery@budweiser.com>
Date: 11 Aug 2005 09:52:13 -0000
Subject: Subsequent Payments

SWISS LOTTO

GESELLSCHAFT SCHWEIZER ZAHLENLOTTO

POSTFACH

4002 BASEL

REF NUMBER: SL/55/368/05

BATCH NUMBER: GSZ-583-ST-04-27-05



DEAR SIR/MADAM,

We are pleased to inform you, THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR

RECENT Lottery DRAWS HELD on the 5th Aug. 2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number

63538953216-435 with serial number 427-136 drew lucky

numbers 2 8 14 21 33 45 +26 which consequently won in the

2nd category. you have therefore been approved for a

lump sum pay out of 4,000,000 (EUROS) (four MILLION

EUROS)

note that All participants in this lottery program

have been selected randomly through a computer ballot

system drawn from over 25,000 companies and 40,000,000

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, Michael Dell of

Dell Computers and other corporate organizations. this

is to encourage the use of the Internet and computers

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 USD 75 million slot.

You are requested to contact our clearance officer

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.

Sincerely yours,



MRS.MARY VINCENT

(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)





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Swiss Lotto is a trademark of Gesellschaft Schweizer Zahlenlotto - 4002 Basel



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