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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: "LOTTO RESULT ROOM" <wadlresultroom@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:56:37 -0600
Subject: CONTACT

FROM: THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION PROGRAMME.

Congratulations Category A prize winner! You have been elected as one of the
winners of the WORLDWIDE

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION computer ballot draws and thus will
be a privileged recipient
of the grand draw prize of US$ 2,500,000,.00 (Two million five hundred
thousand United States Dollarsonly).
Winning File Reference number for your prize is WWPL/ADLP/ 61-812087; ticket
number 003-214-39/A.

We in the Worldwide AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION is by this
program,launching our model
computer balloting lottery draws,developed and designed to satisfy the
cravings of the ever growing
number of participants in our various lottery programs. With funds accrued
exclusively from previous
draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in
record time.
After randomly selecting the participants from an initial database of 10,000
emails and zoning all
participants by their respective continents from across the globe, we
produced an extensive list from
which you have emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize.
To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, the transfer of your prize
is to be handled by our paying
agents in overseas and also in Africa here. You are to contact the officer
incharge of this programme
MR.Otto Savimbi by email:otto2500000@yahoo.co.uk within a week of receiving
this notice. Please find full contact
details below:
Mr. otto savimbi
LOTTO DEPT
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION PROGRAMMES

Also find all other relevant winning lottery information below:


Draw Serial No: 35/751346

Batch No: 06-A852

Zonal Draw No: A2-003

Grand Draw No: 12099

Winners Certficate No:E021453


You are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery information and
numbers from the public in line with
our company security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse
of this program by unscrupulous
individuals.

Please direct all further correspondences and queries
to your respective category Prize Transfer handlers.
Congratulations once again from the Worldwide Premier
Lotto family.
Sincerely,
DR (MRS)ELIZABETH CARTER

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION PROGRAMME
wadlresultroom3@hotmail.com

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