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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • lloydsbankplcuk@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MARK OWEN" <lloydsbankplcuk@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:07:26 +0100
Subject: YOUR OVER DUE PAYMENT APPROVED BY THE UNITED NATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.


CORRESPONDENCE TO IMF & WORLD BANK.
#195 Edgware Road,
London W2 1EY
United Kingdom.
Email: lloydsbankplcuk@gmail.com

Dear Sir,


YOUR OVER DUE PAYMENT APPROVED BY THE UNITED NATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE.

We are however delighted to inform you that after critical examinations of
the whole process, that the UNITED NATIONS have finally give the authority
and approved the Lloyds TSB Bank Plc London to settle your over due payment
funds in a swift action .

As a matter of fact, this office will not entertain your further dealings
with any third party to avoid duplication of effort on your payment process
in other to serve you better otherwise your payment will be cancelled. We
are out to correct the wrong done in the past by your representative but all
we want from you is your utmost co-operation and kind understanding by
adhering to this lay down instruction.

It is our concern that you should discontinue any other further
communications with any person/persons claiming to be working with any other
Bank /Security company henceforth as they have been stopped any official
assignment on behalf of the affiliated bank to avoid any duplication of
efforts in diverting your funds to a wrong accounts.

Please, We hereby once again express our sympathy with you over the whole
situation that had culminated in the whole delay in the payment of your
funds as we want you to comply with the bank even as we assure you of a
quickest remittance of your funds into your account, as officials of the
bank are currently reaching out to all awaiting foreign beneficiaries for
their payment after due process.

In view of the above instructions, you are required to reconfirm the
following information to enable us facilitate your payment promptly:

1. Your banking co-ordinates information.
2. Your direct telephone,mobile and Fax numbers.
3. Your contact address for the delivery of your Payment Release
Documents (PRD).


Your's Faithfully,

For: Lloyds TSB Bank Plc.

Mr. Mark Owen.
(Director: Foreign Operations Dept.)

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