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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a fake lottery scam (3 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTERY ORGANIZATION" <lottery_organization_22@msn.com>
Reply-To: john_paulandrew@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:37:30 +0000
Subject: UK-LOTTERY ORGANIZATION

                                                     
                                                                                                                                                    & nbsp;                                                                                                                                                     & nbsp;                               

    

                                               CHRISTMAS WINNING NOTIFICATION:

 

                                                          

Ref Number: UK/9420X2/68
Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369
Tel: +44-70318-47544
Tel: +44-70319-26447

  

We happily announce to you the draw of the U.K Lotto Organization's online draws and sweepstakes program held in Bangkok-Thailand on the 29th of November, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 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 below courier company has been given the contract to deliver all our winners cheques from the first to last category.

  

CONTINENTAL EXPRESS THAILAND COMPANY LTD  

410/36 Rachadaphisek Bangkok, Thailand.
Contact Agent: Mr. P.B Kings (Director of Operations and Logistics)
Email address: continentalxpress2005@yahoo.com

  

You are to contact Mr. P.B Kings on the above email address for quick delivery of your Uk-Lotto certfied winnings cashiers cheque. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, quote your full names, your country, contact telephone and mobile numbers, complete winning details(Ref, Batch, Serial, Ticket, File, Lucky numbers), date of draw and address where you want to receive your cheque in your contact mail to Mr. P.B Kings 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 cheque with the Continental Express Thailand Co. Ltd as all the cheques was processed in a such a way that no sum can be deducted from it till it gets to the beneficiary/winner's address and deposited in any bank of choice in your country or any in any part of the world for onward payment by the bank. 

  

For safety measures and to avoid fruadulent claims you are adviced to keep all about your winnings information and notification confidential and away from all third parties till your cheque arrives your address and cashed.

 

Goodluck. 

Mr. Garry Desmond       

Online Co-ordinator/Notification Officer
UK-LOTTERY ORGANIZATION     

Sweepstakes International Program.  

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