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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: "fred hamilton" <fred@gvconnects.com>
Reply-To: fred_hamilton@kaixo.com
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 08:40:39 -0400
Subject: Fountain International Programs
Programs and Events Department
The Fountain Group
Amsterdam-Netherlands
Dear Sir/Madam,
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are officially informing you of the result of the Fountain Lottery
Winners International programs held on the 14th of March 2005 as part
of
our promotional programs for the year 2005. Your e-mail address
attached
to ticket number 77007742781005-18721 with reference number 414-3721060
drew winning numbers 7-00-71-00-66-49 and credited to batch number
121FTG, which consequently won in the 3rd category via our electronic
ticket as stated above. You have therefore been approved for a pay out
of
€1,800,000.00 (One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Euros).
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your funds have now been deposited and insured through our security
firm
for transfer to your chosen destination via any of our correspondent
banks or through a most suitable and convenient means. We also advice
that you keep your winning information very confidential as our
security
policy demands to avoid double claims/impersonation and unwarranted
abuse
of this program by some individuals.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over
500,000
email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. This
promotional program being the first of ts kind will now take place
annually and we hope with part of your winning you will take part in
our
next year Five Million Euros International Lottery. To file for your
claim, you will be contacting our accounts department authorized to
verify and process your claims for your total payment (You will receive
more information upon your acknowledgment of this email).
This promotional lottery is promoted and sponsored by software
corporations and other private organizations and we intend to use this
medium to help individuals generate fortunes which would encourage them
to expand their business frontiers thereby creating more opportunities
and assisting with humanitarian concerns within their immediate
environment. Please Note that claims must be made not later than 12th
of
June 2005. After this date all winning funds will be included in our
subsequent program. In order to avoid complications always quote your
reference number in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform us as soon
as possible. Congratulations from our organization and thank you for
being part of our promotional program.
N.B: Anybody under the age of 18 is not eligible to participate in this
program.
Sincerely yours,
Mr.Fred Hamilton
Programs & Events
(The Fountain Group)
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