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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: "Silver Fortune Lottery, Abudhabi-U.A.E" <infosilverlottery@simbamail.fm> (may be fake)
Reply-To: infolottery@simbamail.fm
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:26:32 +0400
Subject: Congratulation from Silver Fortune Lottery

FROM: THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT IN CONJUCTION WITH MICROSOFT CORP.
SILVER FORTUNE LOTTERY MADRID SPAIN AND SILVER CENTURY LOTTERY ABUDHABI

Congratulations Category A prize winner! You have been
selected as one of fifteen winners of the Worldwide
fortune lottery Madrid/Dubai computer ballot draws and thus will
be a privileged recipient of the grand draw prize of (Euros756,382.00)
SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO EUROS ONLY.
Winning File Reference number for your prize is TWSL/ES/ 61-812087;
ticket number 004 - 05117963 - 198.

We in the Worldwide lotteria la fortune Spain is by this
program, launching our model computer balloting lottery draws,
developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever
growing number of participants in our various lottery programs. With
funds accrued exclusively from previous draws, payouts to
all winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record time.
After randomly selecting 150,000 participants from an
initial database of 3,000,000 emails and zoning all participants
by their respective continents from across the globe, we
produced an extensive list from which you have emerged as one of
the winners of the Grand Draw prize.
To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, the
transfer of your prize is to be handled by our Prize
Transfer agents. You are to contact our agents by email within a week of receiving this notice.
Don't forget to include your contact telephone and fax number.
Please find full contact details below of your claim agent;

Mr. Alain Lewis Tel;+971503521513
Email; alanlewis@trust-me.com
Silver Fortune Lottery.
Spinney Building Abu Dhabi
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Also find all other relevant winning lottery information
below: Draw Serial No: 99375.
Batch No: 24/00319/ES.
Grand Draw No: 31 - 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 - 42.

Sincerely
Adele Aimee
For Silver Fortune Lottery.

You are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery
information and numbers from the public in line with
our company security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals

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