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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: "AUSTRALIAN LOTTO-ONLINE" <susandavies@wazzoomail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: hmjones@london.com
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:08:20 +0000
Subject: 2004 LOTTO PRIZE AWARD.(AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTO)
FROM: THE LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
AUSTRALIAN ONLINE LOTTO.
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
RESULTS FOR PROMOTIONAL DRAW.
NATIONWIDE INTER-LOTTO AUSTRALIA wishes to inform you of the results of her WORLD-ONLINE Promotional draws held on the 1ST November,, 2004. We are happy to officially inform you that you have emerged a winner under our in our 2004 promotional draws. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 50,000 name and email addresses of individuals and companies from
Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand Data base as part of our International Promotions Program.
Your Lottery Claim is attached to ticket number 44-3-2, with serial number 708-4, and drew the lucky numbers 05 07 18 27 31 36 (46)
to emerge one of the third category winners.
Therefore you have consequently been awarded a lump sum pay out of $850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand united state Dollars) in cash, which is the winning payout for Third Category winners. This is from the total prize money of 9,000,000.00 pounds shared between 6 international winners of different categories.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with our fiduciary agent (UK BOND) insured in your name. In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/no participants who take advantage of our name and this programme to reap our winners.
We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year (2004) high stakes where you stand a chance of winning up to 12,00,000.00, we hope that with a part of your prize you will participate.
To begin your claim process, please contact our UK paying agent immediately
MR. SAMUEL JONES
HM JONES(credit & finance) UK LTD.
Tel: +44-7821968447
FAX: +44-20-77483074
EMAIL: hmjones@london.com
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 14th NOVEMBER, 2004.
After this date, the prize award will be returned to the AUSTRALIAN INTER-LOTTO.
Be informed that 5% of your lottery winning belongs to charity organisation. As was stated in the policy of our organisation, no institution/person has right to remove/deduct money out of the total sum won till it gets to the beneficiary.
Please call your agent as soon as you receive this letter and remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all your correspondence with HM JONES UK.
REFERENCE NUMBER: 1072896743AS
BATCH NO: 443/04
Congratulations once again from all our staff Sincerely.
SUSAN DAVIES
LOTTERY COORDINATOR
NATIONWIDE INTER-LOTTO UK
SOUTH PARK BUSINESS CENTRE
310 GREEN LANE, ILFORD,
IG1 1XT, ESSEX.
Phone: +44-7775914278
PLEASE ALL INSTRUCTIONS ARE STRICTLY OBSERVED AND ANY WINNERS BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE SHOULD IGNORE THIS NOTICE AS THEY NOT QUALIFIED FOR THIS CLAIM.
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