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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: londonscottishbank@naseej.com
Date: 25 Nov 2008 19:48:02 -0000
Subject: YOU HAVE 72HRS TO REPLY


LONDON SCOTTISH BANK
Registered Office: London Scottish House,
Mount Street, Manchester M2
3LS. Registered No: 973008 England .
Private Mailbag: M2 3LS: cable: lsbank.


Dear
We have a total of $2.6 million ready to be transferred to you, the fund
was deposited on your behalf six weeks ago with us by VWD (Virtual World
Direct Ltd) a uk lottery company.
We have waited for this long to get your information to enable us pay
you your winning but to no avail, however you are expected to forward
within 72hrs the following information’.

1.FULL NAMES:_____________________________________________

2.ADDRESS:________________________________________________

3.SEX:____________________________________________________

4.AGE:____________________________________________________

5.MARITAL STATUS:_________________________________________

6.OCCUPATION:_____________________________________________

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_______________________________________


For further details get back to us urgently to enable us arrange on your
fund transfer before the end of this last quarter of the fiscal year.
Yours Faithfully
Michael English

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