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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: "Mrs Rita Skyler" <mrsrita_skylerrr@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsrita_skylerr@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:37:35 +0000
Subject: FROM RITA SKYLER

I HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU ON THIS BUSINESS.

UNDP's network links Ltd deals with some of the largest and most
prestigious companies in the UK as well as some of the smallest of
operators.

Under UNDP's network links our focus is to help countries build and
share solutions to the challenges of: Democratic Governance, Poverty
Reduction,Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Energy and Environment, and
human training progream on HIV/AIDS.

We are on the ground in 166 countries, working on how nigeria,
Malaysia,Eritrea and Ethiopia to improved on human training progream on
HIV/AIDS micro-credit grant and access to safe and clean water,
supporting initiatives of the World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty.

Over, of this the PRESIDENCY Foundation, has provided over US$11.5
million united states dollar to us. for improved human training progream
I am Mrs Rita Skyler an invoice controller with UNDP's network
links, in here in Southampton, Hampshire So40 4xn Uk .

My purpose of contacting you is to seek for your assistance and
partnership to transfer this funds into your account, which requires
maximum.interest for investment. pls keep it scret and confidential
between us and {UNDP's network links}.

Where your are working is not all that relivant to this transfer,what
matter most is your ability to receive this money on our behalf, more so
your
maximium coperation is higly need as to carry out all instruction that
we be pass to you as to achieve the success together for fund to be remmited
into your nominated account.

All vital documents regardingto the DEPOSIT of this money are in my
position, which will be use to normalize and have you stand as the
REPRESENTATIVE for the money to be transfer to your account. Subsequent
to this, you will have 25 %of the total sum for your kind assistance. 70%
for me for my investment in your country as the initiator and 5% of
reinburisment.

Furthermore, be full assured that this transaction is 100% risk free,
Have no fear in you as every vital Documents to back up your claim has been
perfectly worked out.

Finally, if you are willing to assist us , Send us your home address,
private telephone, fax and cell phone and your bank account numbers,
{active or non active) .

Expecting your urgent respones.

Best Regards,

Mrs Rita Skyler

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