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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: "joan lil" <onyeze@gawab.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:29:44 GMT
Subject: you have won it


EUROPA NATIONAL
LOTTERY
Support Centre
LBevan House
51 LBevan Avenue
Conwy LL28 5AF
+49-9119266839, FAX +49-8932378-100
germany

FROM:THE DESK OF THE
PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

REF: UNL/26510460037/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION;FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today, 24 march 2005, of winners of the EUROPA
NATIONAL
LOTTERY,THE germany INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on
31th
december 2004 in oestrich-winkle,germany.
You email address was attached to ticket number
023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11 drew
the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently
won you the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
of $725,000.00 dollars in cash credited to file REF
NO. UNL/26510460037/02 . This is from total prize money
of $7,250,000.00(GBP) shared among the ten
international winners in this category. All participants
were
selected
randomly from World Wide Website through computer draw
system
and
extracted from over 100,000 companies from Austraaalia,New
Zealand,America,Europe,North America,Africa and Asia as
part of
International Promotions Program, which is conducted
annually.
Please
note
that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon. In
view
of this, your $725,000.00 us dollars would be released to
you
by
our
preferred payment center in germany
Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate
the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.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 a nd unwarranted abuse of this
program by
some
unscrupulous elements.Please be warned.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants
of this program.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary
agent;
Mr. marc woodfoffs
Email: german_lotto@sify.com
NATIONAL LOTTERY
For due processing and remittance of your prize
money,please remember to quote your
reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later
than 10 april 2005. After this date, all funds will
be returned as unclaimed.
Furthermore, should there be any
change of your address, do inform your claims agent
as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank
you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Susan Brown
Zonal Co-ordinator

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