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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: brandon@onmytravels.com
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 15:23:25 GMT
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE
LUCKY DAY IS EEN MERK VAN DE LOTTO NL.
THE NETHERLANDS PROMOTIONAL OFFICE
43 KEMPERING STRAAT, AMSTERDAM,
1104EA.
THE NETHERLANDS
www.luckyday.nl
REF NO:ADUK2959 .
BATCH NO: 52/006/AT.
PRIZE AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today as a winner of
the LUCKY DAY IS EEN MERK VAN DE LOTTO.NL/INTERNATION
PROGRAMS held on 16th Sep. 2004 as Part of international promotion
programs and our end of Year bonanza.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:2416-4612-760,with Serial
number 3187-17 drew the lucky numbers:3-9-24-38-55, which subsequently
won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of(US$2,500,000.00)in cash credited to
file No:ADUK2959.This is from a total cash prize of (US$10,000,000.00),
shared amongst the first four(4)lucky winners in this category.All
participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draw system from over 100,000 individuals/70,000 companies.
This promotion takes place annually.
Please note that your lucky winning number fall within our European
booklet representative office in Uk.In view of this, your US$2,500,000.
00 (Two million, five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be
released to you by our payment office in uk.
Your prize awards has been insured in your names and ready for claim.
You are advised on final notice and as a matter of urgency,to contact
our licensed and accredited claim agent for the processing of your
prize awards winning and payment to your designated bank account after
all statutory obligations have been concluded satisfactorily.
To begin your claim please contact your file/claim officer.
MR.HULLETT MARION,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
12/13 Surrey street
London Dw26NR.
Emaill:foreign_manager@europe.com or verification_dept.uk@europe.com
Due to mixed up in some numbers and names and for the purpose of
confidentiality,be advised to keep this award notification as secret
from public notice until your claim has been processed and your prize
money remitted to you as this is part of precautionary measures to
avoid double claim or misuse of this program by some social miscreants.
Hence, your prize awards winning is confidential as our winners are at
liberty to remain completely anonymous until payment is effected.
Please be informed that NON RESIDENTS of THE UNITED KINGDOM will be
required to make a NON DEDUCTABLE advance payment for processment and
legal documentation charges as required by the FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER.
Please be aware that our Paying Authority will Effect Payment
Swiftly upon satisfactory Report,Verifications and validation provided
by our processing Agent; that would be designated to your file for due
processment and remittance of your prize to any designated account of
your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than
15th Nov, 2004. After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Brandon Owens
LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR
N.B:Please do not reply to this email box. Contact your your overseas
cliam agent immediately.
Once again,i say CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
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