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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: "EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION BOARD" <eurowinner1005@handbag.com>
Reply-To: interclaimagent@netscape.net
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:44:12 +0200
Subject: EUROPE LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION
FROM THE DESK OF PRESIDENT
EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL
BOARD OF LOTTERY PROMOTION
MADRID.
REF NO : ELP/034/05SP
BATCH NO: ITU/00843/EU
31/03/05.
Dear Winner,
RE: EUROPE LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you that you are a winner of the draw (#6034) of the
EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION, online Sweepstakes
International program held on Saturday 29th of January,2005. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number:37195 with Serial number
0015298003drew the lucky numbers:5-11-29-38-41-48,which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 1ST Category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Euro 1,00,000:00(One
Million Euro) in cash deposited with High Insurance
Policy to its real value and credited to file SPBBVA/520092/EU05.
This is from a total cash prize of Euro10,000,000:00 (Ten Million
Euro)shared among the (10) lucky winners in this category.All
participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide
Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,
associations,and corporate bodies that are listed online.
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,(One Million Euro) would be released to you by our
affiliated courier companies,or our issuing bank.
To start the processing of your claim, you are required to contact the appointed
claim office below with your Full Name, Home & Office Address, Home and Office
Tel & Fax Number, Mobile Phone Number.
MRS.SUSAN WALKER
Tel:+34 628 284 061
E-mail:interclaimagent@netscape.net
The appointed claim agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact the
agent.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 mode you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file for your claim within two
weeks of this winning notification, please contact the fiduciary claim agent.
Goodluck from all the members of staff of the EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY PROMOTION.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Emmanuela Samarino
EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION
Sweepstakes International Program.
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___________________________________________________________
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