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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: "sasl lotto" <sasllotto_info05@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 09:45:47 +0000
Subject: confidential pls read!!!congratulations

Serivedio Armelani Sweepstakes Lottery
Headquarters:
I.P.P Award Dept.
580 Rue Parmento
Stratti di Pamin
Milan
Italy

Ref: SASL/941OYI/04
Batch: 12/25/DC34

NOTIFICATION OF WINNING:

It is my sincere pleasure to announce to you
the result of the draw of the Serivedio Armelani
Sweepstakes Lottery International program
held on the 4th of June 2005 in Torino, Italy.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 9345176003
with Serial number A76850FE drew the lucky
numbers: 56-769-764-881, which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of 850,000.00 (Eight hundred and fifty thousand Euros) in cash credited
to file with file reference number
SASL/9080118308/03. This is fro! m a total cash prize of
3.4million Euros, shared amongst t he first
four (4) lucky winners in this category.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our European booklet representative office in
Italy as indicated in your play coupon.

In view of this, your 850,000.00EUROS (Eight hundred and fifty thousand
Euros) would be released to you by our
security firm. Our European agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact him.

All participants were selected randomly from the World
Wide Web through a computer draw system using e-mail
addresses obtained from our affiliate companies. This promotion
takes place annually.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims are 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 unwarr anted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Francesco Dominic.
The SASL Trust
Email:francesco_d@operamail.com

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference/batch numbers in any
correspondence 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.

Sincerely,
Carl Arpatti
SASL Zonal Coordinator.

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