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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: "PLUSLOTTO BV." <suzzan@mail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: vanbrooks@winning.com, pluslotto.bv@voila.fr
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 06:39:47 -0700
Subject: Congratulations,You have just won our Sweepstake of US$3.5 M
PLUSLOTTO B.V,
BURDENSTRATT 22 1053 DS AMSTERDAM,
THE NETHERLANDS.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: PLN/25512561969/22
BATCH:14/00455/IPD.
TICKET NO:025-1146-1992-750
Dear Winner,
AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 28th June, 2004, of winners of the
PLUSLOTTO B.V/ INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 9th March 2004,were our winners were listed in which your ticket has been confirmed to have won the SWEEPSTAKES for this year.You / your company, attached to Ticket Number 025-1146-1992-750, with Batch Number 14/00455/IPD. drew the lucky numbers 025-1146-1992-750, and consequently won in category B.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$3,500,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO: PLN/25512561969/22 This is from total prize money of US$21,000,000.00 shared among the six(6) international winners in the category B. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia, Europe,USA and North America as part our International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a Finance and Security House and insured in your name. 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$1.3 billion International lotto.
To begin your claim, please contact your claims
officer immediately:
Dr.PETER VAN BROOKS
PAYMENT OFFICER.
PLUSLOTTO BV.
EMAIL: vanbrooks@winning.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claims officer not later than AUGUST 10TH , 2004. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to Dr.PETER VAN BROOKS SHOULD BE VIA EMAIL AND ENSURE THAT YOU SEND A COPY OF YOUR WINNING REFERENCES AS WELL.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences with your officer. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as possible.Also for the purpose of ensuring prompt processing,you would have to conclude formalities with us within 2 weeks from your Notification.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
Ruud VanHume.
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
PLUSLOTTO BV.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply this mail.
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