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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: "UK LOTTO" <info@uklotoworld.com>
Reply-To: peterparker@uklotoworld.com
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:27:00 +0000
Subject: Congratulation you have won X1.5 million in a lottery
ATTN: Sir,
Congratulations on your winning. All participants were selected
randomly from World
wide Web site through computer ballot system extracted from over
100,000 companies and individuals.This promotion
takes place annually.
Your email address attached to ticket number :56475600545188 with
serial number :5388/02 drew the lucky
numbers 31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won you the lottery in the
second category.
you have therefore won £1.5 million in the second catergory of the
lottery. You are required to forward the following details to help
facilitate the processing of your certificate and the release of your
winnings
1. Full names.
2. Residential address.
3. Phone number
4. A scanned identification of yourself sent via
5. Occupation
You are adviced to forward these informations as soon as possible to
enable us attend to your file.
Please note that your funds have been deposited safely in our offshore
payment office in europe and your
information will be forwarded to them before they can release your
winnings.You are also to choose the mode which you
want to collect your funds:
PAYMENT OPTIONS.i. Travel down to personally collect it from our
agent.
ii.This is for those who can not travel we will process the winnings
and then package and send it via courier service but
you will have to PAY FOR THE SERVICES. You are to contact
Mr. Peter Parker
Fudicial Agent
info@uklotoworld.com
peterparker@uklotoworld.com
Once again, congratulations.
Yours sincerely,
Thomas,
PROTOCOLS AND GRAND [FOR OVERSEAS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL].
NB:PLEASE INDICATE A PAYMENT OPTION Congratulations you have won £1.5m
in loto