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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: balearicpromo@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 13:34:46 +0100
Subject: THIRD "B" CATEGORY DRAWS RESULTS .

BALEARIC FINANCIAL TRUST SECURITIES BV. PROMOTIONS/

PRIZE AWARD

Dear sir/madam,
THIRD "B" CATEGORY DRAWS RESULTS .
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 2nd Decmber,2004
of winners of the Balearic Financial Trust and Securities promotions,United
Kingdom/international,programs held on 24th November ,2004.Your email address
attached to ticket number 2755-3-168, with serial number 97020 drew the
lucky numbers 15-25-30-45-50-70, and consequently won the lottery in the
third"B"category.
You have therefore been awarded lump sum pay out of us$1,500,000.00 (One
million five hundred thousand United States dollars) in cash,which is the
winning pay out for third "B"category winners.This is from the total prize
money of us$6,000,000.00 shared among the 4 international winners in the
third "b" category.All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn form 25,000 company email addresses and 30,000,000 individual
email addresses from Australia, New Zealand,America, Europe, North America
and Asia as part of International
Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
We once more congratulate you!
Presently the fund is now deposited with Balearic Financial Trust and Securities
BV. Group insured in your name. Your fund is now insured to your contact.
Due to the computer mix-up of some numbers and contacts, we ask you to keep
this award strictly from public notice until your claim has being processed
and your money remitted to your nominated account.

This is part of our security advice to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous
acts by the participants of this program. We also wish to bring to your
notice our mid year (2004) high stakes where you stand a chance of winning
up to Us$1.5 billion,we hope that with a part of your prize you will participate.
Please contact your claims agent immediately, to begin your claims Process;

Harold Kendricks
Balearic Financial Trust and Securities Promo BV.
101 London Road,
East Sussex TN37 6AT
United Kingdom.
Email: haroldkendricks002@mail2consultant.com
tel: 44 8040111803
Int.roaming fax: 1-814-253-6964

Please be aware that your paying authority will effect payment swiftly upon
satisfactory report, verifications and validation provided by this processing
agent. For due processing and remittance of your winning prize to designated
account of your choice, please treat as promptly.Remember, all prize money
must be claimed not later than 9th December 2004. After this date, all funds
will be returned as unclaimed.
Note: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and
Batch numbers, remember to quote these numbers in every one of yourCorrespondence
with your claims agent.
Reference number:bfts/165-2069147/01
Batch number: 3rd-3057B

Once again from all our staff we say congratulations and thank you for
being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
Harold Kendricks
Balearic Financial Trust and Securities Promo BV.
101 London Road,
East Sussex TN37 6AT
United Kingdom.
Email: haroldkendricks002@mail2consultant.com
Int.roaming fax: 1-814-253-6964

N.B. Please do not reply to this mail.Contact your claims agent.




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