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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. JENNY SMITH" <swiss_union.intl@luxmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: swiss_union_intl@luxmail.com
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 12:11:28 +0300
Subject: FROM MRS. JENNY SMITH ( SWISS UNION INTERNATIONAL)


MRS. JENNY SMITH
SWISS UNION INTERNATIONAL
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND.
REF NUMBER: SUL/653/029/03
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06-03
Email: swiss_union_intl@luxmail.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent lottery
Draws held on the 24th of November 2003. 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 4,558,825,50c(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 websites. 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 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 USD50 million slot.

You are requested to contact our accredited agent for further directions on processing your winnings and subsequent payments within the next seven days of this winning notification. 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. Jenny Smith
NATIONAL LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR

Anti-fraud resources:

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