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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: hol_lot_agency5@tiscali.co.uk
Reply-To: george_west07@yahoo.de
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 03:46:01 +0100
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
HOLDEN LOTTO AGENCY<BR>REF: NO:SGIL/163276/03 BATCH NO: 24/210377939/BBG
RE: LOTTERY AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION FINAL.
We are pleased to inform you of the release today, 13th of April, 2005 of
the Holden Lotto Agency INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION PROGRAMS held on
the 8th of April, 2005. Your name attached to Ticket Number 023-56678230954
with Serial Number 5073-11 drew the Lucky Number 7-14-21-42-49-59, which
consequently won the Lottery in the 3rd category. You therefore have been
approved for the lump sum payout of United States Dollars US$500,000.00 (Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) in cash credit to the referenced
file number REF: SGIL/163276/03. This is from a total prize release of United
States Dollars US$9,313090.79 share among the Seventeen (17) International
winners in this same category.
CONGRATULATION!
Due to the mixed up of some numbers and names, we request that you should
keep this Award notification a top secret from the public until your total
Won Prize is processed and your amount remitted to your account as this is
part of our security protocols/measures put in place to checkmate malpractices
and to avoid double claiming of awards or unwarranted taking advantage of
this program. NOTE that all participants in this lottery exercise were selected
through a Computer Ballot system drawn from 25,000 existing names from Australia,
USA, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Middle-East, South and North America as part
of our International Promotions Program (I.P.P), which we conduct once in
every year. You should therefore count yourself luck that your own name was
selected amongst other names and you emerged a lucky winner in this 2005
edition of this program. CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN! We also hope that with
a part of your prize, you will take part in our end of the year High Stake
Euros 300 Million International Lottery program.
To redeem your prize, please contact the Issuing Authority, (your Prize Claim
Agent/Our Foreign Service manager) for instant processing and disbursement
of your total won prize to any designated bank account of your choice. Contact
your Lotto Agent, Mr.George West via email: george_west07@yahoo.de.
Remember, all "Won prizes" must be claimed not later than 24th of April 2005.
After this date, all funds unclaimed would be returned to the organizers
of this promotion as unclaimed prizes. In order to avoid unnecessary delays
and complications, please remember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers
in every of your correspondence with your agent. Should there be any change
in address of any beneficiary, do not hesitate to inform your claim's agent
as soon as possible. Please remember also to ask for your prize claim Certificate.
CONGRATULATION FOR BEING PART OF OUR PROMOTION PROGRAM!
Best regards,
FROM THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
(HOLDEN LOTTO AGENCY)
___________________________________________________________
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