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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: coordinator_slw2005@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 19:57:20 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

SWISS LOTTO
GESELLSCHAFT SCHWEIZER ZAHLENLOTTO
POSTFACH
4002 BASEL
REF NUMBER: CSL/74/368/04
BATCH NUMBER: CS-121-LT-8-12-04
Email: swisscoordinator.slk@katamail.com

DEAR SIR/MADAM,
We are pleased to inform you, THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR RECENT Lottery DRAWS
HELD on the 7TH of

July, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number63538953216-435
with serial number

172-488 drew lucky numbers 1 - 8 - 13 - 15 - 20 - 22 + 45 which consequently
won in the 2nd

category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 4,000,000 (DOLLARS)
(four MILLION
DOLLARS) 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 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. Rita Kelly
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

N.B Acknowledging the receipt of this mail with the
email: swisscoordinator.slk@katamail.com



___________________________________________________________

Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005.
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