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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: "U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY" <ukwinnings200518@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: uknationallottery20005@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 14:53:49 -0500
Subject: U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY:

U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY:
Customer Service
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the U.K NATIOANL LOTTERY online draws
and Sweepstake programs held in Bangkok-Thailand on the 29th of July, 2005.
Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number
5368/02
drew the lucky numbers:07-12-23-26-29-44 which subsequently won you the lottery
in the first category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total
sum of GBP£2,367,834
(Two million, three hundred and sixty seven thousand, eight hundred and thirty
four British
Pounds sterling) in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03. This is from
a total cash prize of
GBP£23,678,340 shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer online draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. The

CITY-LINK EXPRESS
(Thailand) Co. Ltd
410/36 Rachadaphisek
Bangkok, Thailand.
Telefax:+66-9793-4157.

has been given the contract to deliver all our winners check from the first
to last category.
You are to contact:
Mr. Peter Wales,
CITY-LINK EXPRESS
Director of Operations and Logistics
Email address: peterbwales@yahoo.it for quick delivery of your cheque.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full names,
your country,
contact telephone and mobile numbers, winning details and address where you
want to receive your check in your contact mail to Mr. Peter Wales and note
that this is not a joke neither is it a childs play and it is 100% for real.
Do not be scared of anything happening to your winnings check with the CITY-LINK
EXPRESS as the check is such that no sum can be deducted from it till it
gets to your address and deposited in any bank of your choice in your country
or any in any part of the world for onward payment by the bank.

Congratulations once more from all the members and staffs of this program.


Sincerely,
Mr Hillary Smith.
Online Co-ordinator for U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Sweepstakes International Program.
Direct Mobile Number:+44-70318-47544.






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