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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: "johnreil909@yahoo.com" <Mr.Reil.Johnson
Reply-To: Mr.Reil.Johnson@vmx30.multikabel.net
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 18:37:56 +0100
Subject: Urgent ATTENTION Please !!!
Compliment of the day
I am the payment officer controlling the Africa
zone for euromultimedia lottery award here in
Africa (Nigeria). By the virtue of my position
and the power bestowed on me by the
organisation, I hereby notify you that there's this
won prize sum of (TEN MILLION EUROS) that is about
to be return to the company as unclaimed funds, I have
decided to contact you about it.
Well if you are interested in this bussiness proposal,all
I
want from you is to stand as the winner of the won
prize money. as this organization does not allow their
staffs to per-take in any of this lottery competition
and moreso, this is also one of the lay dawn policies
of the lottery organisation. Now the company has
directed me to prepare the records of all pending won
prize money to the winners. (Unclaimed)
Meanwhile, the winner of the said fund has been sent
a notification information since 10th of ,March
2005, and uptill date there has not been any response
from him, and the policy of the company states that if
a notification is been sent to a winner after 21
working days without response from the beneficiary,
then the money returns to the company as unclaimed
funds. As the first category of the lottery winners,
which is from total prize of( 100,000,000.00 Euros)
shared among the tenth international winners in this
category. All participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from over 10 million
names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe and
North America and Africa as part of International
Promotions Programme which is being conducted
annually,This fund is now deposited with a company
here in Africa and insured.
Meanwhile, the prize money will be shared between you
and I into 60%/40%. Note that I have done my homework
very well in our company as the payment officer
controlling the whole of African zone for
euromultimedia lottery award, this transaction is safe
and guaranteed 100% risk free.
NOTE:If you know that you are interested in this
DEAL, kindly send me the following
information to enable me facilitate this business
transaction with you.
(1) Your full names and address,including your
personal telephone and fax number for easy
communication between both of us.
(2)The name and address of the bank of where you want
this funds transfered to in your country.
(3)Your account number, and everything that has to do
with international money transfer, such as swift code
and host of orders.
Ensure to treat this matter in strict privacy
as I protect my interest and job with the lottery
company.Waiting to hear from you soon.Reply via my pesonal
e-mail address if interested: ( reiljohnson@yahoo.com ).
My Regards
Mr Reil Johnson.
(Payment Oficer for
Euromultimedia Lottery
Award, Africa Zone).
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