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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: "Virginia Moore ." <results@unitedkingdomlotteris.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:09:52 +0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF YOUR WINING PRIZE
OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY
UNITED KINGDOM GLOBAL SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY
TEL: +44 703-195 -6065
Email: info@unitedkingdomlotteris.com
REF: ASL/26510460037/03
BATCH: 01/019/05
SERIAL N0: 4708-325
RE-WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 13th of
September 2005 from the United Kingdom Global
Swept-Taker-Pools/International Lottery programme. Which is fully based on
an electronic election of winners using their e-mail addresses. Your name
was attached Ticket Number: 644 79543465 B44 8056490902 Serial Number
4708-325 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 4-13-33-37-42bonus
number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$300,000.00 (THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file Ref: ILP/HW 7509/02 from the
total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. All
participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from
Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Saudi Arabia, Kenya, United
States, Asia, Europe, Palestine, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by King Fhad of Saudi Arabia as part
of his social responsibility to alleviate poverty, though he is late.
Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our African
representative office in Tanzania, Dar Es-salaam, as indicated in your play
coupon and your prize of US$300,000.00 will be released to you from this
regional branch office in NIGERIA. We hope with part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international
draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
Please, feel very free to contact Mr. Uche Bright as his our regional
representative in Nigeria. He is in the better position to give you further
information as regards to your payment approval on your winning prize where
your draw falls.
Mr. Uche Bright
ubright@unitedkingdomlotteris.com
CALL TO VERIFY YOUR PRIZE
Tel: 234-8035761013
To file for your claim. Please quote your Date of draw, Reference Number,
Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on the top-left corner
of this message. Also, you should give in your telephone number to help
locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep
this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed
and your prize has been released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.
Note: All winnings MUST be claimed on or before 24th of September 2005;
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually sent back
to Treasury. Let it be known to you that we demand that our winners have
their winning prizes insured as we have suffered from such loses before. To
this effect, we adhere strickly to the condition that all these winning
prizes must have an insurance coverage before they could be released to
their respective winners. As this guarantees the safety of these prizes and
makes our work less tedious from unnecessary complains from our dear winners
that has been affected by this in the past.
NEED FOR INSURANCE COVERAGE FEE
I wish to also inform you that the Insurance also extends to cover your
funds against Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist funding which has been
made mandatory by the Financial Task Force because of the recent Terrorist
Activities that is now going on in the world, now insists on all financial
institution to report and obtain clearance before transferring any funds in
excess of US$10,000 dollars for an individual and US$50,000 dollars in the
case of a winning or claims.
Congratulations once again on your winning! Best Regards,
Mrs.Virginia Moore
Zonal Co-ordinator
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT AT: ubright@unitedkingdomlotteris.com
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION
ALL INSURANCE COVERAGE FEES MUST BE PAID BY THE WINNER BEFORE PAYMENT.
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