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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: "Ngr Lottery" <admin@ngrnational-promo.org>
Reply-To: habbiehide01@z6.com
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:20:22 +0000
Subject: Dear Christopher, GREETINGS FROM NGR-LOTTO HEADQUATERS
NGR-LOTTO HEADQUATERS:
Customer Service Department,
365 Kuffour Road,
Accra - Ghana
Ref: NGR/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Dear Christopher,
We happily announce to you the draw of the NGR-LOTTO Sweepstake Lottery
International programs held on the 22ND AUGUST, 2005 in ACCRA - GHANA. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number
5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 19-6-26-17-35-7, which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$500,000.00 (Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only) in cash credited to file
ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of US$5 Million dollars,
shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draw system and extracted from over 200,000.00 companies and
300,000,000.00 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
This promotion takes place every three years and is being sponsored by
Bill Gates, President of the World Largest software. Please note that your
lucky winning number falls within our African booklet representative office
in NIGERIA as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your
US$500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only) would be
released to you by our payment office in Nigeria through our paying bank
(Stanbic Bank of Nigeria Limited).
Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims
is 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
unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements. Please be
warned, to file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary/Processing
Agent : MR. HABBIE HIDE through email: habbiehide01@Z6.com and call him on
phone (Tel: +234-802-331-4536) immediately to acknowledge your mail.
Please be aware that the Paying Bank will Effect Payment Swiftly upon
satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by our processing
Agent; that would be designated to your file. Remember, all winning must be
claimed not later than 31st December, 2005. After this date all unclaimed
funds will be included in the next stake. Please note that in order to avoid
unnecessary delay and complications kindly remember to quote your reference
information in all correspondences. Furthermore, should there be any change
of contact information, please inform our Agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.
IMPORTANT NOTE: please quote your full names, your country, your private
Telephone and fax number, your reference/batch numbers etc in any
correspondences with our designated agent or us.
Sincerely,
MRS. RUTH ONUH.
Games/Lottery Coordinator
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