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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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From: Anderson Cole <australianlotteryboard_20@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 14:52:07 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONGRATULATION......
AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY HEADQUATERS. 6123 Cool Street Rd.
Somewherevulle Ax34587,
Australia.
www.australianlottery.com
AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
Date: 05/12/2005
Ref: 4758961725
Batch: ALLINC 70564943902/188
Winning no:FGNGB2701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS ....................
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are delighted to inform you of your
prize release on 5th of december- 2005 from the
Australian International Lottery programme. Which is
fully based on an electronic selection of winners
using their e-mail addresses Your e-mail address was
attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902 serial
number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers
as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which
consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$600,000.00 (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash
credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash
prize of US$4.8million shared amongst ten lucky
winners in this category. All participant were
selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from
Canada, Australia, United States, Asia,
Europe, Middle Eastand Oceania and Africa as part of
our international promotions program which is
conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and
sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational
companies as part of their social responsibility to
the citizens in the commmunities where they have
operational base. Further more your details(e-mail
address) falls within our European representative
office in london uk, as indicated in your play coupon
and your prize of US$600,000,.00USD, will be released
to you from this regional branch office in London. We
hope with part of your prize, you will participate in
our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE Simply
contact our fiducial agent,MR.JAMES BROWN HIS
EMAIL ADRESS IS: mrjamesbrown_20@yahoo.co.uk to file
for your claim .
Please quote your reference, batch
and winning number which can be found on the top left
corner of this notification as well as your full name,
address and telephone number to help locate your file
easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to
keep this information confidential from the public
until your claim is processed and your prize released
to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of
this programme by non-participant or unofficial
personnel.
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed under
two weeks of recieving this message otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually
donated to charity . Congratulations once again on
your winnings!!!
PLEASE DO REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.AND
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY FAILING
TO DO THIS ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.
BEST REGARD,
Anderson cole,
International Relation Office
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