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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: SUPER STAATSLOTERIJ <superloterij@netscape.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:21:50 -0800
Subject: YOU ARE A QUALIFIED PARTICIPANT




DE SUPER STAATSLOTERIJ
FANTASTISCHE LOTTERIJ PROMOTIES
PALEISSTRAAT 5 DEN HAAG(customer services)
END OF YEAR SUPER LOTTO


PARTICIPATION NOTICE:

Dear, Participant

We wish to inform you that there will be an end of year Super Lotto Promotions that will be holding on
December 3, and participation is free to all users of microsoft products,so we are soliciting that you
participate in this promotions as there will be prizes to be won in various categories.
These promotions are open freely for all users of microsoft products, drawn from different parts of
Europe,America, Australia, Asia, parts of Africa,North and South America,and New Zealand, and since
you are a user of the internet, that automatically qualifies you as a participant.Email addresses are
randomly selected by the computer
and a serial number and ticket number are attached to each email address.Please be advised that in this
mail below is the serial number attached to your email address for the final draws coming up on
December 3.Your email address is attached to Serial Number 00326288/09, Ticket number
DSL0448115633. Participants are to forward their names,addresses, phone numbers, Serial number and
the ticket numers to the Public Relations Manager.We advised that if you have received this mail, you
can call on the number above should there be any question that you might need. You are also advised to
keep all informations to your self until after the draws had been made and the winning numbers are
printed out, and sent to all participants. Congartulations in advance as we look forward to the day of the
draws.


YOURS TRULLY
Juliana Parmer:For


Darius Cowell
Public Relations Manager
Phone:+31 647 148 968
Fax: +31 84 757 2622
superloterij@netscape.net



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intended only for the use of
the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged,
confidential and prohibited from >
unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended
recipient of this message, any
dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited.
If you received this message in
error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the
original message.

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