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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: "Anna Evain" <anna_evain@bononews.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:17:28 +0000
Subject: WE ARE HAPPY TO INFORM YOU(CONGRATULATION)!
THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
WINNING NOTIFICATION DEPARTMENT,
INTERNATIONAL BONO LOTTO/LA PRIMITIVA
C/GUZMAN EL BUENO,137
MADRID - SPAIN.
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We are happy to announce the draw of the International Bono Lotto/La
Primitiva
held in Madrid, Spain.
Your email address was associated with the E-Ticket (Serial#
042009-197627) 05/7
On march 31th, 2005 the winning numbers of 10,18,29,46,48,49 and 8 were
drawn. There was no Jackpot winner, however your ticket matched 5 of
the 6 numbers (5+1) for a lump sum prize of 156,215.49 Euro!
Congratulations!
The winning numbers were chosen by computer using TruRandom(tm)
selection.
Eligible participants were entered into the drawing from over 20,000
companies, each
of which could enter up to 1,000 individuals. If you have signed up for
an email account
or purchased merchandise online, you may have been entered by any of
the participating
companies (including Barnes and Nobel, MSN, Amazon, Yahoo, Aol and
Ebay).
This is a monthly promotion to raise awareness of International Bono
Lotto/La Primitivia. International
Bono Lotto/Primitiva is dedicated to global humanitarian efforts with
an emphasis on health care
and disease prevention in developing counties. It is funded through
direct contribution
by playing the lottery as well as by corporate sponsors.
Winning claimants may choose to donate a portion or their prize to
directly benefit this
organization, but it is not required.
International winners are required to file for prizes with a third
party agent.
For further Infomation, please contact your assigned Claims Agent,
MR TERRY HENDRY
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
Western Group Agency/BONO LOTTO/LA PRIMITIVA
VAN DER EFELIK 31, 2190YR AMSTERDAM–THE NETHERLANDS
Phone:+31-619-026-981
Fax :+31-847-538-622
Email:westerngroup7@netscape.net
All winners must file a claim not later than 7 working days after
receipt of this notice.
To be eligible for future drawings, claims must be made within 5
working days of receipt of this
notice.
To avoid delays, please include your reference and batch numbers found
at the bottom of
this message in all correspondence.
Inform your Claims Agent as soon as possible if you have a change of
address.
Cash prizes are held in a temporary bank account assigned to a Claims
Agent until
electronic transfer to claimant's financial institution can be enacted.
CONFIDENTIALITY:
Notification to any other person or agency of this award PRIOR TO
International Bono-Lotto's
official press release will result in FORFEITURE OF ENTIRE PRIZE.
Congratulations once again from all the members of our staff and thank
you for
being part of International Bono Lotto's/La Primitiva promotion
program.
Sincerely,
Mrs ANNA EVAIN
Secetary,
International Bono Lotto/La Primitiva Headquarters
Madrid - Spain.
Ref. Number: YK-958/756/04222
Batch Number: 79VD-381127-54
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