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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: "SCHOLARSHIP PROMO" <livscholarshippromo@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 03:10:47 +0000
Subject: SCHOLARSHIP PROMOTION NO. 3435205



Promotion code: UKL342006

Congratulation! You happen to be the lucky winner of the 2006 UK2 online
scholarship promotion for The University of Liverpool.You have been granted
a free opportunity to study any course of your choice starting from the 2006
spring section in The University of Liverpool.Your information actually came
out to be the lucky winner of our end of year UK2 scholarship grant
promotion which has helped alot of international student in achieving thier
goals.
If you want exceptional teaching, superb facilities, well equipped libraries
and other learning resources, great accommodation and a good social life,
all wrapped up in a vibrant, cosmopolitan, student friendly city, you've
just found it.
Note: You can as well transfer you promotion code to anybody to study on
your behalf if you don't wish to use the scholarship, or you have already
gotten a degree of you choice.
For confirmation and request for your application form, please send your
Promotion code to: Recruitment Team,
Ms Jane Hodson.
Email: uk2-liv-recruitment@uk2.net

Sincerely,
Dave Gerthys
Promotion Co-ordinator

Visit our site www.liv.ac.uk

Quick Tips
Programmes/courses
http://www.liv.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/index.htm
Working/schooling http://www.liv.ac.uk/working/
Relocating to Liverpool
http://www.liv.ac.uk/working/relocating_to_liverpool/index.htm
Accomodation http://www.liv.ac.uk/study/accommodation/



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