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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: "GLOBAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL" <lottery_winers2004@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lottery_winers@arabi.com
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:52:28 +0400
Subject: CALL OUR ACCREDITED LICENSED AGENT

GLOBAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL 72657, NL-2115 DB EMIRATE, THE NETHERLANDS
INCONJUCTION WITH GLOBAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL Dutch & UAE,EMIRATE FLY
EMIRATE. From: The Promotions Manager International Global/ Emirate
Club /Prize Award Department. REF: DATE: 7th sept. 2004.
ATTN:
(CONGRATULATIONS)

7TH sept 2004 DRAW RESULTS/ WINNING NOTICE. Congratulations! We
announce with pleasure that you have emerged as one of the two winners of the
Global Lottery ballot draws held on 20TH August 2004. Be informed that
you are among 15,000 individuals/private companies selected by our
computer ballot system and have scaled through all three draws of the
Global Lottery. In line with all Netherlands & Emirate Club Lottery
Regulations, the Global NL has just concluded its annual draws for the year
2004.

By our procedures, you were allocated to GL lottery ticket number
76-1102-103. Ballot 1 and ballot 2 numbers are 1102/545 and 1102/73
respectively, with serial number AA5/120920 participants were selected through
a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000 names from Australia, New
Zealand, America, Asia, Africa, Europe, USA and North America as part of
our International Promotions Program with middle east, which is
conducted annually. From the results of the final draws, you have emerged as a
Prime winner in the "A" category
and therefore entitled to a winning payout amount of (US$8,000,000.00)
eight million dollars for allocated to the two "A" category winners.

Your prize money has been insured and credited in your name to file
Ref. No. 17716. You are therefore to contact our accredited agents to
immediately claim your prize/ find contact
information below:

PREMIUM TRUST AGENCY

ACCREDITED LICENSED AGENT TO GLOBAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL)
MRS.JENIFER IBRAHIM

ACCREDITED LICENSED AGENT

TELE/00971 50 3456809
EMAIL; jenifer_ibrahim@maktoob.com <http://us.f542.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=jenifer_ibrahim@maktoob.com&YY=93532&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b>

Remember, you must contact your claims officer / our accredited
Licensed Agent immediately, or before 20TH September 2004 to avoid funds being
Returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to Mrs. JENIFER IBRAHIM,
either by fax or email, should have this email sent along with it and also,
your email address to which this email is sent should be clearly and
boldly written in your response. You should also include your reference
number. Also, should there be any change of your address, do inform your
claims officer as soon as possible.

Be advised that Global regulations prohibit you from publicly
disclosing your win until you have received your prize money. This is for
security reasons and to avoid cases of multiple claims processing. The Lotto
NL/middle east region holds exclusive right to terminate your claims
processing upon any breach of this condition. Congratulations again from
all our
staff and thank you for being part of our international lotto program.
It is our hope that
with a part of your prize, you will participate in our 2005 lotto
programs. International lotto/middle east region Emirates.

Sincerely,

THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS GLOBAL International.N.B: Any breach of
confidentiality on the part of the winners will result in disqualification.
Please contact the finance director to claim your prize immediately.

THANKS

MR Joe Davis.

CO-DINATOR FOR MIDLE EAST REGION.

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