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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: "RICHARD K.LLYOD" <info@british-onlinegames.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 23:28:22 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#950) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
onlineSweepstakes International program held on sat 18th of April, 2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:03-08-27-38-44-46(bonus no.35), which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim atotal sum of £105,075 (one
hundred and five thousand, seventy five pounds sterling) in cash credited to
file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £1,576,125
shared amongst the (15) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus
bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

This promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in your play coupon.

In view of this, your £105,075 (one hundred and five thousand,seventy five
pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in
Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary

agent:Mrs Veronica Taylor
Email:fiduciary_uklottogames@yahoo.co.uk


Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program

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