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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: greyhoundsweeps@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 06:57:59 +0200
Subject: Winning!!!
FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR, INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
DEPARTMENT
ATTENTION: (REFERENCE NUMBER: LXE-504K23-06 BATCH
NUMBER: 987-XP36)
THIRD CATEGORY WINNER
After a successful completion of the third category
draws of the
GREYHOUND
SWEEPSTAKES SPECIAL, held on 25TH NOVEMBER 2004, we
are pleased to
inform
you of the official announcement today that
you have emerged one of the winners of the GREYHOUND
SWEEPSTAKES
SPECIAL
PROGRAMS, which is part of our promotional draws.
Participants were
selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from 36,000
names/email
addresses of
individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,
Australia,
Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part
of our
International
Promotions Program.
You/Your company, attached to ticket number
234-69-2167, with serial
number
425-70 drew the lucky numbers 10, 60, 71, 66, 12, 32,
(20), and
consequently
won in the Third Category. You have therefore been
awarded a lump sum
pay
out of US$2.600,000.00 in cash, which is the winning
payout for third
category winners. This is from the total prize money
of
US$109,010,000.00
from which eight international winners in the Third
category will be
shared.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with GREYHOUND FINANCIAL
SERVICES, insured
in your
name. To avoid mix up of numbers and names of any
kind, we request that
you
keep this award strictly from public notice until the
entire process of
transferring your claims has been completed, and your
certified
banker's
Cheque sent to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid
double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
program. We also
wish
to bring to your notice our end of year (2004) high
stakes where you
stand a
chance of winning up to US$1.1 billion; we hope that
with a part of
your
prize you will participate.
Please contact your claims agent immediately, to begin
your claims
process;
MR. DAVID MANSONDO.
SENIOR CLAIMS EXECUTIVE,
GREYHOUND FINANCE & INSURANCE LTD.
PHONE:+27-73-7009720
FAX : +27-73-7006921
EMAIL: davidmansondo@netscape.net
for due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, you must contact
your claims agent
within
a week of receiving this mail.
NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please remember to
quote your reference and batch numbers provided below
in every one of
your
correspondence with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: LXE-504K23-06
BATCH NUMBER: 987-XP36
Congratulations once again from all our staff and
thank you for being
part
of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
GREYHOUND SWEEPSTAKES SPECIAL.
GREYHOUND BUILDING,
SANDTON, JOHANNESBURG.
SOUTH AFRICA.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will
result to
disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail.
Rather, contact
your
claims agent whose credentials are listed above
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