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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: ibrahamkafia02@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:10:52 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20REPLY?=

EL GORDO SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY COMPANY S.L
PLAZA COLONE-28080
MADRID-SPAIN.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRICE
AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF Nº: EGSL/25003127/CSL/02
BATCH Nº: 0007571982

DEAR FRIEND,


RE: AWARD
NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE.

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the
results EL GORDO
SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM,
Held 10TH January
2004. Your name attached to a ticket number
025-1146992-750 with serial
number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers 4-18-24-30-31-35
which consequently
won the lottery in the 3rd category. You are therefore
been approved
for a lump sum payout of 625,000.39 (Six hundred and
twenty five thousand
Euros and thirty-nine cents) in cash credited to the
file reference
number: EGSL/25003127/CSL/02. This is from the total
cash price of
5,368,770.00 (Five million three hundred and
sixty-eight thousand, seven
hundred and seventy Euros only) shared among the
seventeen international
winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund is now deposited with our accredited
offshore bank insured
to your name awaiting claim.
We advice that you keep this award from public notice
until your
claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this
program by participants.
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names from Asia, Africa, Australia,
Canada, U.S.A. ,New
Zealand, Europe and North America as part of our
international promotions
program which we conduct once every year. We hope that
with part of your
prize, you will part-take in our end of year high
stake
$1,300,000,000.00 international lottery.

To begin your claim please contact your claim agent,
Mr. Edward James,
(Director of International operations, Rock Trust and
Security Company)
Tel: .34 699049845
mail.ibrahamkafia02@yahoo.com
for processing
and remittance of your prize fund into your designated
bank account.

Note: All prize funds must be claimed before the 27TH
of march 2004
after this date all funds will be returned to the
MINISTERIO DE
ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed. In order to avoid
unnecessary delays and
complications, please endeavour to quote your
reference and batch numbers
in every correspondence with us to your claim agent.
Furthermore,
should there be any change in your address do inform
your claim agent as
soon as possible. Congratulation once again from all
members of our staff
and thank you for being part of our promotion program.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to
this email address.
Contact your claim agent.

Best regards
The Management.




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