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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: "Forrester Tina" <camelotuniversalpromos01@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:44:30 +0000
Subject: CAMELOT NOTIFICATION:
CAMELOT LOTTERY PROMOS,
406 BURY NEW ROAD,
WHITEFIELD,
MANCHESTER M45 7SX,
U.K.FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312:Dear Winner,We are pleased to announce you as one of the 6 lucky winners in the CAMELOT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS held on 14th of October 2005. All 6 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 40,000 international emails from various world wide webs. Your email address emerged alongside 5 others as a 3rd category winner in this month's draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of £300,000 Pounds (Three Hundred Thousand pounds) only. The following particulars are attached to your lottery payment order:
(i) Winning numbers: 990-11-815-37-10-83
(ii) Email ticket number: 901-0148-790-691
(iii) Lotto Batch No. 13/FFP/LDL/037
(IV) File REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312
Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:
CONTACT AGENCY;
MR. LARRY BISHOP AND ASSOCIATES LTD U.K,
20 Lausanne Road London,
SW2 3JB ENGLAND U.K.Tel: +44-7031947368
Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Tina Forrester.
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK.
406 BURY NEW ROAD WHITEFIELD,
MANCHESTER M45 7SX,
U.K.N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 20 working days from today.
2. Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4. Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent.
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The INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK. is proudly sponsored by Financial Corp's, the Euro American group.
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