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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: <mrsanjamark@tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:25:36 +0700
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION
UK-LOTTO Headquarters: Customer Service Ref:
UK/9420X2/68 Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the UK-LOTTO
Sweepstake Lottery International programs held on the
5TH MARCH 2005. IN LONDON UNITED-KINGDOM. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:19-6-26-17-35-7, which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore
been approved to claim a total sum of £2,500,000.00
(Two million, Five Hundred Thousand United Kingdom
Pounds) in cash credited to file
ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of
£25 Million Pounds, shared amongst the first Ten
(10) lucky winners in this category. All participants
were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 companies. This promotion takes place
Annually. Please note that your lucky winning number
Falls within our European booklet representative
office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In
view of this, your £2,500,000.00 (Two million, Five
Hundred Thousand United Kingdom Pounds) would be
released to you by our payment office in Europe. Our
European agent will immediately commence the process
to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you
contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to
keep your winning information confidential till your
claims is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This
is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements. Please be warned. To file for
your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent :Mrs
SUSAN ELLIOT.( Email:susanelliot-uklotto@myway.com).To
avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference/batch numbers in any
correspondences with us or our designated
agent. Congratulations once more from all members and
staffs of this program. Thank you for being part of
our promotional lottery program. Specifically all winnings most be processed
And claimed not later than 14 working days.
After then all winnings will be referred to as unclaimed.
Sincerely,
MRS,ANJA MARK
UK-LOTTO COORDINATOR.
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The information contained in this email is confidential. It is intended only
for the named addressee. If you are not the named addressee please notify
the sender immediately and do not disclose, copy or distribute the contents
to any other person other than the intended addressee.
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