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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • info_redcross_uk@lmxmail.sk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Redcross Help Katrina" <redcrossuk@msn.com>
Reply-To: redcrossuk@lmxmail.sk
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:04:12 +0000
Subject: UK REDCROSS KATRINA RELIEF DONATION.

Hello,
Having received your email address from our reach out team, we
believe you will be able to donate and assist the Hurricane Katrina victims
with any amount you can afford.
This is the greatest hurricane that have happened in the USA
history. Victims of Hurricane Katrina are attempting to recover from the
massive storm. Thousands of victims are left homeless with critical
necessities.By making a financial donation to support Hurricane Relief
efforts, the Red Cross can provide shelter, food, counseling and other
assistance to those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
You can help the victims of thousands of disasters across the country
each year by making a financial gift to the Disaster Relief Fund, which
enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, counseling and other
assistance to those in need.many people have donated the least amount one
could ever imagined to show their concern and those who have donated will
have there names published in the Red cross weekly journal. The value of
your donation is increased by the fact that the ratio of volunteer Red Cross
workers to paid staff is almost 36 to one.
so Red cross London branch want to be part of the assisting team because
we have a world record to have raised almost 120 million dollars in
assisting the London bomb victims. so we do not want to be left out that's
why our reach out team is now writing to you for donations.

PLEASE CONTACT US FOR DONATION;
info_redcross_uk@lmxmail.sk
Operations Director: Marcus Stephan
Address 10th Floor
Westminster Tower
3 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7SP
TELEPHONE: 07040117718
FAX: 07092869994

BARCLAYS BANK PLC
168, FENCHURCH STREET
LONDON ECEPHP
SWIFT CODE: BARCGB22b
CR.TO SWIFT CODE: FIBBBJBJ
A/C NO:13416139538
BENEF: LAKE WOOD INT'L

OR YOU SEND IT THROUGH

NOTE THAT ALL PAYMENT CONFIRMATION NUMBER OR SLIP SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO
INFO_REDCROSS_UK@LMXMAIL.SK FOR CONFIRMATION.
WE WOULD BE GETTING BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.

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