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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 NATIONAL LOTTERY" <luckywin_uklotto05@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:20:15 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU WON!!!
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UK-LOTTO HEADQUARTERS:
CUSTOMER SERVICE,
184 STRINGFIELD DRIVE,S.W 4,
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND,
UNITED KINGDOM.
NOVEMBER 2005.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL SWEETSTAKE PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF: UK/9420X2/68 AND BATCH NO: 074/05/ZY369
AWARD NOTIFICATION,
We happily announce to you the draw of the UK-LOTTO Sweepstake Lottery International programs held on the 5TH NOVEMBER 2005 in Liverpool,United Kingdom.
You/your company, attached to ticket number 56475600545 188, with serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers
Bonus Ball
and consequently won the lottery in the 1st category (category 'A').
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of $2,500,000.00 Jackpot (Two Million, five hundred thousand dollars ) in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03. This is from total prize money of $25,000,000.00 shared among the ten(10) international winners in this category. All articipants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form 25,000 names from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America as part of our International Promotions Program,which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with FIRST SECURITIES INC., Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$10 million International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;
MR.LAMBERT ORWELL,
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER,
ktu/9023118308/03
UK PAYMENT OFFICE.
EMAIL:claimagents_rep@uk2.net or
claimagents_rep4claim@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: (+44) 703-191-1734
for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.
Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 5TH DECEMBER 2005. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to LAMBERT ORWELL (FINANCIAL CONTROLLER FIRST SECURITIES INC.), either by fax or email, should have this EMAIL sent along with it and also, 1. YOUR FULL NAMES, 2. FULL CONTACT ADDRESS(COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE), 3. SEX, 4. AGE, 5. OCCUPATION, 6. TELEPHONE NUMBER (if any), 7. MARITAL STATUS, 8. A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT and 9. EMAIL ADDRESS to which this email is sent, should be clearly and boldly written in your response.
NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your REFERENCE NUMBER and BATCH NUMBER in every one of your correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
MR RICHARD K LLOYD.
UK-LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claim agent.
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