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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: "UKNATIONAL LOTTERY" <m_jacobs@uknationalpromoworld.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:20:24 +0000
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION!!!
BETTER DAYS PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME.
2 SHERATON STREET
SOHO,LONDON
W1F 8BH
UNITED KINGDOM
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT, REF NO: BD/AHD0206198122681 AND BATCH NO: WA/1101/BZ
ATTENTION:
SIR/MADAM,
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION
WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY,31TH AUGUST 2005, OF
WINNERS OF THE BETTER DAYS PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME HELD ON THE 31TH AUGUST 2005
AS PART OF OUR THIRD QUARTER OF THE YEAR BONANZA. YOU OR YOUR COMPANY,
ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER 2784-3456-273-101, WITH SERIAL NUMBER 5325-85 DREW
THE LUCKY NUMBERS 74-634-56-753-2681, AND CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN
CATEGORY A. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR A LUMP SUM PAY OUT OF
£1,850,000.00(ONE MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH
POUNDS) IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF NO: BD/AHD0206198122681.
THIS IS FROM A TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF £5,550,000.00(FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND, GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) SHARED AMONG 3 WINNERS IN THIS
CATEGORY. ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOTING SYSTEM
DRAWN FROM 120,000 EMAIL ADDRESSES FROM MIDDLE EAST, ASIA, AFRICA, SOUTH
AMERICA, EUROPE ,NORTH AMERICA AND OCEANIA AS PART OF OUR INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS
CONDUCTED ANNUALLY.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
YOUR FUND IS NOW DEPOSITED WITH NEW DALE INSURANCE COMPANY. DUE TO THE MIX
UP OF SOME NUMBERS AND EMAIL ADDRESSES, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THIS AWARD
STRICTLY FROM PUBLIC NOTICE UNTIL YOUR CLAIMS 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 £23.000.000.OO (TWENTY
THREE MILLION POUNDS) INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
TO BEGIN YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS REPRESENTATIVE;
MR. PAUL HENDRIKS
NEW DALE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LONDON,
PHONE +44-703-190-2046
FAX :+44-709-286-8256
EMAIL: claims.rep@gmail.com
FOR DUE PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO A DESIGNATED
ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE. REMEMBER, YOU MUST CONTACT NEW DALE INSURANCE
COMPANY, NOT LATER THAN 14(FOURTEEN) DAYS UPON RECEIPT OF THIS NOTIFICATION.
AFTER THIS DATE, ALL FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED. ALL
CORRESPONDENCES TO MR. PAUL HENDRIKS, EITHER BY FAX OR 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 TO YOUR CLAIMS REPRESENTATIVE.
NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS, PLEASE
REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS IN EVERY ONE OF YOUR
CORRESPONDENCES TO NEW DALE INSURANCE COMPANY. FURTHERMORE, SHOULD THERE BE
ANY CHANGE OF YOUR ADDRESS, DO INFORM YOUR CLAIMS REPRESENTATIVE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE AGAIN FROM ALL OUR STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR BEING
PART OF OUR PROMOTIONS PROGRAM.
SINCERELY,
(MS.) WENDY JACOBS
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
BETTER DAYS PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME.
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
REPRESENTATIVE.
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