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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: "sally henry" <loveworldswiss1@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:42:56 +0000
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNER

LOVEWORLD SWISS LOTTO
GESELLSCHAFT SCHWEIZER ZAHLENLOTTO
POSTFACH
4002 BASEL
REF NUMBER: SL/74/368/05
BATCH NUMBER: SL-121-LT-11-12-05

Dear Sir/Madam,

WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU, THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR RECENT LOTTERY
DRAWS HELD ON THE 19TH OF SEPTEMBER. 2005. Your e-mail address attached
to ticket number 63538953216-435 with serial number 172-488 draw lucky
numbers 13 - 15 - 16 - 26 - 28 - 41 + 19 which consequently won in the
2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out
of $1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION DOLLARS ONLY).
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, Michael Dell of Dell Computers and other corporate
organizations.
This lottery 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.
To file in your claim,please contact our clearance officer
Mrs.Rowena Adams
E-mail address:lotteryagent_rowena@yahoo.co.uk
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.
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,
MR.WILLIAM HARTS
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)
© 1995-2005 Swisslotto - all rights reserved - Switzerland
Loveworld Swiss Lotto is a trademark of Gesellschaft Schweizer
Zahlenlotto - 4002 Basel.

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