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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: "Dr Pedro F Amacho" <amacho_vpresident@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: santosmiguel_agent@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:44:24 +0800
Subject: You Have Won
Loter¨ªa del Rosario
Romano N¡ã 19 Pllata 5, 28014 Madrid, Spain.
Tel: + .Fax:
FROM: THE DESK OF DIRECTOR
INTL.AWARD PROMOTION PROGRAM DEPT.
Ref. file N¡ã MB: 256100913
Ticket: N¡ã: 5 3 4 7 3 16 / 07 / 05
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION, FINAL NOTICE
DEAR BENEFICIARY
This is to inform you on the release of the EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA AWARD PROGRAM held from the 22ND of MAY, 2005, but due to mixed up of names and numbers, the results were later released on the 2ND of JUNE , 2005.
Among the 126 participating finalist playing 16,000 full tickets in the fifth series, from a pool of EU. €150,000,000, 00 (ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION Euros) in cash, your number. 5 3 4 7 3 with serial number 698-75 drew the lucky number :( M B) 3 - 5 -17-23-33-47 which consequently won a prize in the fifth category. However, your number has been approved for a lump sum payout of EU. €1,675,810,22Euros (ONE MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN EUROS AND TWENTY TWO CENTS) in cash, which was credited to a file ref n¡ã: 22-34-1166. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!
All participants were selected from a computer ballot system drawn from 16,000 names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, South America, Africa and North America, as part of our intl promotion program. For security reason, your award certificate has been deposited with a security company registered to your file claim number. Please forward all claims to them as a bond has been placed on your award, that no one can be able to reduct even a cent from the money , untill it get's to you as the rightful beneficiary, due to some problem we encountered in our last two years program.
You are hereby advised to keep this award away from public notice until your claim has been confirmed and prize remitted to you as this is a part of our security protocol to participants. .Meanwhile, your fund have been deposited with a security company insured to your name which are responsible for handling and remittance of won prices and fund until they are accurately disbursed.The deadline for this notice is the 22ND NOVEMBER, 2005. Non-compliance within this time / period may result in disqualification and the insured prizes will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as an unclaimed fund, to be used for internal-revenue here in SPAIN.
Since we have insured and secured your fund, please forward your claim to Dr. SANTOS MIGUEL, Manager ALLIANZ SECURITY COMPANY S. A. Guangzhou Branch,CHINA at tel. +86 137 980 73200, fax. eFax number is 44-87-1247-0740 , . Email:santosmiguel_agent@hotmail.com, NOTE: That you have to pay in return ten percent (10%) of the price you received to the ALLIANZ SECURITY COMPANY after which you have received the money in your designated account in your country.
Congratulations once again from all staff and, thank you for being chosen in our International Lotto Commission award program.
Sincerely, 11442530569871123324 BATCH N? : ASC004X
DR Pedro F Amacho
MANAGING DIRECTOR
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