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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: "James Llyods" <jameslloyds@lloydsjames.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2005 01:15:59 +0000
Subject: UK-LOTTO NOTIFICATION!!!
UK-LOTTO Headquarters:
Customer Service
580 N. Tenth Street, CA 85914
Arena Complex Km 18 Route de Rufisque
I.P.P Award Dept.
johannesburg,
South Africa.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: UK/9420X2/68 AND BATCH NO: 074/05/ZY369
AWARD NOTIFICATION,
We happily announce to you the draw of the UK-LOTTO Sweepstake Lottery
International programs held on the 4th of June, 2005 in Johannesburg,South
Africa.
You/your company, attached to ticket number 56475600545 188, with serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers 01-77-13-55-38-11, and consequently
won the lottery in the 1st category (category 'A').
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,500,000.00
(Two million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited
to file
ktu/9023118308/03. This is from total prize money of US$5,000,000.00 shared
among the two(2) international winners in this category. All participants
were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form 25,000 names
from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America as part of
our International Promotions Program,which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with FIRST SECURITIES INC., Due to the mix up of
some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public
notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your
account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;
DR.JAMES LLOYDS,
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER,
ktu/9023118308/03
FIRST SECURITIES INC.
FAX: +448701354894
EMAIL:jameslloyds@myway.com
for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.
Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 6th of June,
2005. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. All
correspondences to DR.JAMES LLOYDS, either by fax or email, should have this
EMAIL sent along with it and also, YOUR FULL NAMES, FULL CONTACT
ADDRESS(COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE) and EMAIL ADDRESS to which this email is sent,
should be clearly and boldly written in your response.
NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to
quote your REFERENCE NUMBER and BATCH NUMBER in every one of your
correspondences with your agent. 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
promotions program.
Sincerely,
SIR BALLS WANYE.
UK-LOTTO Co-ordinator.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claim
agent.
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