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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: lotto97@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:24:23 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATIONS=21?=
INTERNATIONALSWEEPSTAKES LOTTO
140 NORTHAMPTON ROAD
EC1R 0HB LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: NBM44125671 AND BATCH NO: 31/307/DK.
ATTENTION: SIR,
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the
INTERNATIONALSWEEPSTAKES LOTTO/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 7th march,
2005 as part of our first quarter of the year bonanza. You or your company,
attached to ticket number 1416-4612-750, with serial number 3187-17 drew
the lucky numbers 31-17-8-28-55, and consequently won the lottery in the
"A" category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$1,000,000.00 in cash credited to file
REF NO: NBM44125671. This is from total prize money of US$3,000,000.00 shared
among the Three (3) international winners in this category. All participants
were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form 25,000 names
from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania
as part of our International Promotions Program,which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with FINANCIAL SECURITIES CO, a security House.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 next year
high stakes US$1.1 billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;
MR. BRADLEY OWEN,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
FINANCIAL SECURITIES CO. LONDON.
EMAIL: bradley_wn@yahoo.com
for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account
of your choice.
Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 31th of march,
2005. After this date, all funds will be returned as "UNCLAIMED". All correspondences
to MRS. HELEN JACOBS, 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 Yours,
MRS. HELEN JACOBS,
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR.
N.B. Anybody under the age of 18 cannot participate in this programme and
any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.
Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claim agent.
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