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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: "Mr. David Brown" <claimsagent.david101@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:13:25 +0100
Subject: MICROSOFT WINNING VERIFICATION FORM....FILL AND RETURN
[image: MSN]
[image: Microsoft][image: MSN] *
MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM
Microsoft Corporation
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10,
United Kingdom
**Ref: BTD/747/07
Batch: 462890CE*
**
*(purini.rama@yahoo.com <alakesh14@yahoo.co.in>
<aasha_rohini@yahoo.co.in><durgas_smiley@yahoo.co.in><raj_dana07@rediffmail.com><marcondasumita@yahoo.co.in><saran_cv@yahoo.co.in>
**)*
<http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=nadeem.durrani@gmail.com>
*
* *ATTN: DEAR WINNER *
* *
*This is in receipt of your mail. Your email was luckily drawn by a computer
balloting system as one of our winners in our experimental lottery bonanza
from the* *prestigious MICROSOFT ONLINE PROMOTION. Thus, making you the
winner of the sum of 1,000,000.00GBP (One Million Great British Pounds
Sterling).*
*This correspondence officially confirms that we are in receipt of
instructions relating to the payment of your lottery winnings of 1,000,
000.00GBP (One Million Great British Pounds Sterling)*
*Please complete the form below with correct information and email back to
us with a return email so that we can have a precise and comprehensive
record of our winners. *
*Your prize cheque has been vaulted safely with our corresponding Bank prior
to your readiness to complete your claims and would be presented to you
after verification of the data requested below...*
*To proceed with your claims, you would be required to fill the Verification
Form below completely and return back to us immediately.
*
*THIS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE BENEFICIARY OF THE STATED FUND, FOR
VERIFICATION BEFORE TRANSFER.*
*BENEFICIARY FIRST NAME......................*
*BENEFICIARY LAST NAME......................*
*NATIONALITY...................................*
*RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.........................*
*DATE OF BIRTH................................*
*SEX...............................................*
*TEL. NUMBER....................................*
*FAX NUMBER.....................................*
*EMAIL ADDRESS.................................*
*AMOUNT WON...................................*
*BATCH NUMBER..................................*
*REFERENCE N?..................................*
*OCCUPATION.....................................*
*MARITAL STATUS...............................*
*DECLARATION:*
*I*..........................................................*HEREBY
DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE. THAT MY CLAIMS AGENT SHALL ACT AS A
FACILITATOR IN THE TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL FUND TO ME.*
*DATE...........................................*
*(YOUR FULL NAMES)...........................*
*Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates. We wish
you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune in this season.*
*Note: You have one week from the date of this publication to claim your
prize or you may forfeit your winnings. In compliance with the sponsoring
bodies', you are to make a remittance of a part of your won fund, not lower
than 10-percent, after receiving your allocation to a charity organization
of your choice in your country.*
*Congratulations once again from the entire staff of the* *Microsoft Award
Team*.
***
MR. DAVID BROWN.
MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM.
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 704 572 5068*
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