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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "AUSTRIARIA POOLS" <australianpools1@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:04:37 +0000
Subject: The National Lottery
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Amsterdam, L70 1NL
AUSTRALIA
(Customer Services)
Ref: AUS/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Congratulations, you have just won $200.000.00(TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S
DOLLARS) in the satellite software email lottery in which e-mail addresses
are picked randomly by software powered by the Internet through the world
wide website.
Your email address was amongst those chosen this quarter.This promo is
proudly sponsored by the AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Your email address attached to ticket number 023-56678230954,drew from the
lucky numbers 5-22-26-40-42-43-44,batch number 6858/CA and consequently won
the lottery in the "A" category. You have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum pay of $200.000.00(TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS), which has
been credited to file REF NO.SGIL/763276/03. This is from the total prize
money of $8,000,000,00(EIGHT MILLION U.S DOLLARS) which is to be shared
among the forty national winners in
categories C with serial number:IL/FLW/12-C033721192.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
100,000company email addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses
from Australia, New Zealand,America,Europe,North
America,Africa and Asia as part of International Promotions Program,which is
conducted annually.
Your prize award has been insured in your name and is ready for claims. To
begin your claims therefore, you are advised to expeditiously contact our
licensed and accredited claim agent (date of this email inclusive) for the
processing of your winning and remittance to your designated bank account
after all statutory obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with.
All prize money must be claimed not later than TWO weeks from notice.
After this date, all funds will be forfeited to the pool without further
notice.
For security reasons, Winners are advised to keep their winning
details/information from the public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT)
pending the transfer/claim by Winner.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
NAME: Mr. Donald More,
EMAIL: assurance_services777@yahoo.com
PHONE LINE 1: +2348030467632
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote
your reference and batch number in every correspondence with your agent.
Reference number: AUS/9420X2/68
Batch number : 074/05/ZY369
Furthermore, if you have changed your email address,do contact your agent,
notifying him of the change.
Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so
desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems
associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Mr paul clark (Lottery Coordinator).
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
AMSTERDAM, L70 1NL
AUSTRALIA
NB: DO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMING AGENT ON
E-mail: aus_pools@yahoo.com
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