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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: "Customer Service Manager" <elizaclint_thunderballukltd@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: michaelfoster@winning.com
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:22:38 -0800
Subject: 10/12/2004:THUNDER-BALL UK LTD INTERNATIONAL CHARITY PROGRAM


FROM: INTERNATIONAL CHARITY/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT OF THUNDER-BALL UK LTD.

ATTN:
Congratulations as you are among the lucky winners that were selected by an advanced automated random computer search over the internet as no tickets were sold for this program, and thus have been registered for further consideration in the THUNDER-BALL UK INTERNATIONAL CHARITY program for the year 2004/2005.

Lucky winners were selected at random via a computer ballot system drawn from 5,000,000 email addresses of
individuals and Corporate bodies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania. Your email address drew ticket number 854-2004, serial number 04-25 and lucky numbers 25-18-04-AA in the A252 Category. You have therefore been awarded a prize sum pay out of £1,000,000 (one million Great Britain Pounds).

However there are only 3 prize payout in the A category, therefore it is of utmost importance, that you carefully follow these instructions in claiming your prize money in order to avoid mix up of winning information of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transfer of your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid cases of double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/non participants of this program.
This notification does not guarantee immediate collection of prize money, as all necessary paper work must be
carried out. Your funds is now deposited with our payout agents STADS FINANCE COMPANY LTD and insured to the full value of £1,000,000 (one million Great Britain Pounds).

For confirmation of your selection as a winner, you are TO FORWARD a copy of this notification email to our to
our director of operations with details below:

Michael Foster,
Directors of Operations,
THUNDERBALL UK LTD,
Thunder-Ball House,
221 Albemarle Street,
London W1S 4BS,
United Kingdom.
email: michaelfoster@winning.com
cc: michaelfoster_thunderballukltd@yahoo.co.uk
Tel/Fax: +448701344200

Congratulations once again from all staff of THUNDERBALL UK LTD and it is our hope that you participate in any of our international programs in the nearest future.

Sincerely,
Eliza Clint,
Customer Service Manager,
Prize Award Department,
THUNDERBALL UK LTD,
Thunder-Ball House,
221 Albemarle Street,
London W1S 4BS,
United Kingdom.
elizaclint_thunderballukltd@yahoo.co.uk

NOTE: BE REMINDED TO KEEP THE ENTIRE DETAILS OF YOUR AWARD STRICTLY FROM PUBLIC NOTICE UNTIL THE PROCESS OF TRANSFER OF YOUR CLAIMS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND YOUR FUNDS REMITTED TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

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