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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: internationalottery101@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:18:00 +0200
Subject: Re: Congratulation for being one of the lucky winners

From: Mrs. Rose Johnson
Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/04
Batch: 12/25/DC34 RE:LOTTO.


CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION

ATTENTION SIR/MADAM :

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro- American
Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 13th 18 February 2005 in
Essex
United Kingdom. Your company e-mail address attached to ticket number:
B9564/9564 75604545/188 with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning:
01/10/11/18/19/46, 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
(TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) in cash
credited
to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of (US
$250,000,000.00) shared
amongst the first One Hundred 20 lucky winners in this category
world-wide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro
booklet
representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In
view
of this, your US$2.500,000,00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED
STATE DOLLARS would be released to you by ABSA Bank South Africa .

Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. All participants
were
selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws
system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies.
This promotion takes place annually.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to
you
in whatever manner you deem fit to
claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be
warned. To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding agent
in
South Africa immediately you read this message for quick and urgent
release
of your fund, contact information is as follow.Barrister.ALEXANDER
CLIFF(Foriegn Currency and property Allocation
)E-mail(alexanderattorneys@justice.com) or(alexchimako@yahoo.com)
Direct Line: + 27-83-688 1920.Please be informed that all winning must
be
claimed on or before 26th March 2005.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated
agents
or us.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this
program
that has successfully won this competition.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
MRS.Rose Johnson

United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.
Mr.Harrison Davis
United Kingdom zonal Secretary General

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