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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: prime lotto <ukprimelotto@alvilag.hu>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:38:53 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!
PRIME LOTTO INTERNATIONAL.
FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
580 N. Tenth Street
United Kingdom, CA85914
ATTENTION:REF/EG/1347420248/44.
25TH-JULY-2005.
RE: AWARD CLAIM FINAL
NOTIFICATION.
This is to inform you on the release of the PRIME LOTTO INTERNATIONA SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY PROGRAMMES held on the 25th OF JULY 2005. Your name attached to ticket number 672-01-332-087-665 with serial number 8756-11 was entered as a dependent client with reference number EG/1347420248/44 drew the lucky numbers 22-10-87-12-43-77 which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of USD 615,810.00 ( SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) in cash credited to file with REF. NO. EG/1347420248/44 and BATCH NO. 114001994.This is from a total cash prize of USD 10,468,770 (TEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY US DOLLARS ONLY) Shared among 22 (Twenty two) international winners in this category. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with CVEC security company and insured in your name. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking of an advantage of this program by participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Asia,Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, America and North America as part of our International promotions program which we conduct once every year. We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the next years highstake inter. lottery. To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent, MR. the foreign service Manager of CITY VOICE SECURITY COMPANY LONDON on TEL:+44 7040119586 or Email:info_cvec@yahoo.co.uk for the processing and remittance of your winning prize money to a designation of your choice.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than, 9TH OF AUGUST 2005 this date all funds will be returned to the PRIME LOTTO INTERNATIONAL as unclaimed. And also be informed that 10% of your Lottery Winning will be paid to CVEC SECURITY COMPANY S. A. as insurance fee after you have received your money. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence with us or your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.Enclosed with this letter is also a payment processing form which you will have to contact Mr.Smith White on s_white28mix@mixmail.com . for immediate processing of your claims.
Congratulations once again from all our members of
staff and thank you for being a part of our
International promotions program.
YOURS SINCERELY,
SMITH WHITE
VICE PRESIDENT.
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