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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: "Mrs.Tina Forrester" <camelotpromos5@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 23:35:07 +0000
Subject: winning notification

Camelot Lottery Promos,
406 Bury New Rd.,
Whitefield,
Manchester M45 7SX
U.K.

Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the selected winners
of the Camelot Lottery Promos held on 19th of July 2005. Your email address
attached to
ticket number 901-0148-790-691, with serial number 6109-17 drew the lucky
numbers 990-11-815-37-10-83; the lottery was categorized into four zonal
(Africa, America, Europe and Asia) stages. Consequently you have won the
lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum
pay
out of[Three Hundred Thousand]US dollars Credited to file REF NO:
MELI-T/17-F044262312 Batch No. 13/FFP/LDL/037.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA
and North America. All participants in this Lottery Program have been
selected randomly through a computer Ballot System drawn from over 200,000
Companies and 30,000,000 individual emails address from all search engines
and
web sites. This promotional program will take place every year until the
games begin in Beijing China in 2008. However, winners are only eligible for
claims once.

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.

ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is
open to all persons from age 18 years and above with a valid email address
and who live in any of the aforementioned countries. This promotion is void
in all other countries and is also void where prohibited. Principals and
employees of the Camelot Lottery Promos and its respective Parents,
subsidiaries and their immediate families are not eligible.

CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the
processing of claims application. It is even more imperative for overseas
winners.
To begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a matter of urgency, to
contact the under listed licensed and accredited claims agent for the
processing of your prize awards winning.

Please contact the clearing house (through your claims agent only) the
body assigned with the verification of all emergent winner. Therefore all
protocols laid down by them must be followed to facilitate your claims;

CONTACT AGENCY:
MR. Duncan Richards AND ASSOCIATE LTD U.K,
Email: duncanrichards05@uk2.net
Fax: 44-870-133-4067
20 Lausanne Road London,
SW2 3JB ENGLAND.U.K

You to provide the claim agent with the under listed information as
soon as possible:

1. NAME IN FULL:................................

2. ADDRESS:.....................................

3. NATIONALITY:.................................

4. AGE:.........................................

5. OCCUPATION:..................................

6. PHONE/FAX:...................................

7. ADDRESS......................................
IMPORTANT NOTICE:

(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process,
failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings Forfeiture.
Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.

(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and
unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions
of claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize
awards winning.

(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning
details very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of
this
confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered solely by
such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on
employment.

Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being part
of our Promotions program.

Sincerely,
Tina Forrester.
Co-coordinator.

NB: PLEASE SEE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR REF AND BATCH NUMBERS IN YOUR
CORRESPONDENCE TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.

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The Camelot Lottery Promos Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies. The Camelot LOTTERY
internet draw in each quater of the year and is so organized to
encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to
say
that up to One Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 Countries
worldwide.

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