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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "james shira" <jamesshira01@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 15:22:52 +0000
Subject: RE:CONGRATULATION FOR BEING A LUCK WINNER
Attention: Sir/Ma,
I am Mr.James Shira the fiduciary agent assigned to
your case. I wish to Congratulate you on your victory,
you are a lucky person to have won this lottery. Your
email address was amongst those chosen this quarter
from our new java-based software that randomly selects
email addresses from the web from which winners are
selected. You are required to forward the following
details to help facilitate the processing of your
claims and certificate which will facilitate the
release of your winnings.
Your winning price is to the tune of Two Million
Euros.
1. Full names.
2. Phone number.
3. Fax number.
4. Occupation.
5. Sex.
6. Age.
7. Nationality.
You are advised to forward this information as soon as
possible to enable us attend to your winnings. Our
firm has been contracted to handle payments on your
behalf, once we confirm your information, your
payments would be processed . Everything was done in
such a way that
our payments mode would meet the standards set by the
Lottery boards.After you have sent down these
information, a certificate will be prepared for you.
This is to be your proof of winning from this office
to the payment center before they release your funds.
Be advised that your winnings would be paid to you in
Four(4) installments of 500,000.00 Euros {Five Hundred
Thousand Euros}. This is done because of the amount
won by you. This money would be paid to you on
instalmental basis via the Correspondent Bank of the
Lottery
promoters. You are advised to keep your winning price
secret to avoid unscrupulous elements from taking
advantage of the situation.
Once again, congratulations.
Sincerely,
MR. JAMES SHIRA.
James Shira & Associates
Telephone-+447-0319-02052
50 Broadway
Westminster
London SW1H OBL
United Kingdom
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Banking / Finance
Intellectual Property
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Litigation/Dispute Resolution
Competition
Private Client
Corporate/Public Employment
Real Estate / Property
Environment
Shipping
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Tax
WARNING
Please note that due to past experiences, which resulted to counter
claims, This year's winners are advised to treat this transaction
with topmost confidentiality, until they have successfully received
their funds in their bank account. you are restricted from discussing
your winning with any second party, not even your Husband, Wife or
Children. This was because we experienced a lot of counter claims in
the previous years Lottery programme, a situation whereby two or more
people claims to be one person, using almost thesame email
identification, thereby creating confusions. This was as a result of
the winners innability to treat their transaction with
confidentiality. In this year's programmes, punisheable measure which
attract a penalty of disqualifications, has been in placed. So in the
best of your interest, you are advise to treat yours with top most
confidentiality.
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