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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: newlifelotto <newlifelotto@web-mail.com.ar> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 20:22:51 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF AWARD


THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
NEWLIFE LOTTERY 2005 PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
AMSTERDAM,THE NETHERLANDS.
ADDRESS:COSICAWEG 12-14
POST CODE:1103AA
REF: HLP 91084600/04
BATCH: 901/00319/HLP
RE/AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:FINAL NOTICE.

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of
the NEWLIFE LOTTERY,2005 PROMOTIONS, HOLLAND PROGRAMS held on 9th June 2005.Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to TICKET NUMBER:0148-790-691, with SERIAL NUMBER:6409-11 drew the LUCKY NUMBERS:919-066-110, and consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump-sum pay out of 750,000
Euros' in cash credited to file REF NO:HLP/910-600/04.
This is from total prize money of 20,000,000 Euros' to be shared
amongst the Twenty international winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Australia, New Zealand,America, Europe, North America and Asia, as part of International Promotions Program,which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a security company,insured with your
e-mail address,awaiting your full names. 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 your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes of 5.3 million Euros' International Lottery.

To begin you must first contact,
Mrs.Matina DUke(HEAD OF CO-ORDINATING DEPARTMENT)
E-MAIL(newlife_lottery@web-mail.com.ar) for processing and delivery of your prize to you wherever you are.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th June
2005. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
Congratulations again from all our staff for being part of our
promotions program.

Sincerely,
Mr.Henry Davids.
(Lottery Co-ordinator).
TEL:0031-652-205-165
FAX 0031-649-034-427
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification and any winner below the ages of 18 years
will automatically be disqualified.


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- http://www.acipayam.net



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