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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: janetsmith_50@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 01:47:07 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!
INTERNATIONAL LOTTO UK.
MONTAGU ROAD (B137),
VIA NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD A406,
LOWER EDMONTON, LONDON N 18.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS CO-ORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF NO:FF/FHS12-JJ3862255 AND BATCH NO: 63/1125/FSG
ATTENTION: Sir/Madam,
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today,5th of NOVEMBER, 2004,of winners of THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTO
PROGRAMS held on the 3th NOVEMBER,2004 as part of our LAST QUARTER of
the year bonanza. You or your company, attached to ticket number
045-2527-5723-3542, with serial number 7632-22 drew the lucky numbers
42-62-33-25-40-54, and onsequently won the lottery in category B.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of US$2,500,000
in cash credited to file REF NO:FF/FHS12-JJ3862255
This is from total prize money of US$25,000,000.00
shared among 10
winners in this category. All participants were
selected through a
computer balloting system drawn from 3,000,000 names
from Middle East,
Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and
Oceania as part our
International Promotions Program, which is conducted
annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with SILVER INVESTMENT
LIMITED , a security
House insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some
numbers and
names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from
public notice
until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to your
account. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming
or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
We hope with a part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of
year high stakes US$1.01 billion International
Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent;
MR. KELLY WADE
SILVER INVESTMENT LIMITED,
LONDON
TEL/FAX:+448701361350
EMAIL:kellywade@67yahoo.co.uk
kellywade22@mail2world.com
for due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated
account of your choice.
Remember, you must contact your claims agent not later
than 24TH of NOVEMBER, 2004. After this date, all funds will be
returned as unclaimed.
All correspondences to MR. KELLY WADE, by email, should
have this EMAIL
sent along with it and also , your FULL ADDRESS, YOUR
COUNTRY OF
RESIDENCE and your EMAIL ADDRESS to which this email
is sent, should be
clearly and BOLDLY WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE with your
claims agent.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch
numbers
in every one of your correspondences with your agent. Furthermore,
should
there be any
change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you
for being part
of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
MRS. JANET SMITH.
THE PROMOTIONS CO-ORDINATOR,
THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTO uk.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to
this mail. Contact your claims agent
__________________________________________________________________
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