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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: "Uklotto Organisation" <ukwinningsorg@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: ukwins2005@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 11:01:23 -0500
Subject: Congartulations your ara pround winner of usd2.5m

UK-LOTTO ORGANISATION:
Customer Service
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the UK-LOTTO Sweepstake Lottery International
programs held on the 19th of july, 2005 in Bangkok Thailand Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02drew
the lucky numbers:19-6-26-17-35-7, which subsequently won you the lottery
in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of US$2,500,000.00 (Two million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize
of US $ 25 Million dollars, shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners
in this category.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide
Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This
promotion takes place annually Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated
in your play coupon.In view of this, your US$2,500,000.00 (Two million,Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by our payment
office in Bang Kok-Thailand.
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full names,your
country, your private Telephone number{s} , your reference/batch numbers
etc and ensure that after receiving this mssage you forward this message
to the ''CITY LINK EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY in Bang kok Thailand which is
the courier company that will deliver your winnings cheque of usd2.5m to
you and when contacting the courier company also send your address where
you want to receive the cheque.
the email addres of the courier company is: citylinkxpresscourier@yahoo.com.au
Contact Agent: Mr John Scott (director of operations/logistics City Link
Express Courier )
Congratulations once again.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,

Mr John Scott.
UK-LOTTO Co-ordinator



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