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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: "kathless chris" <barjccwilliams@msn.com>
Reply-To: kathlessahmed@yahoo.it
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:51:24 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS
DATE: 29TH JULY, 2005.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD.
(LONDON) UNITED KINGDOM.
BATCH: EGS/ 22504002/04: REFERENCE: 15/0018/IPD
ATTENTION: CONGRATULATIONS!
Dear luckywinning,
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION.
This is to inform you of the release of THE NATIONAL
LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PRIZE DRAW, held on the 25th of
AUGUST, 2004,
but owing to some mix up of numbers and addresses and the
holidays, the
results were released on the 28TH JULY, 2005.
Your name was attached to ticket number 085-12876077-09
with serial
number 51390-0 that drew the lucky numbers of
03-05-12-14-28-38, which
consequently won the lottery in the 5th category. You have
therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay of £2,800.809.00. (TWO
MILLION EIGHT
HUNDRED THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINE BRITISH POUNDS
ONLY), in cash
credited to file with REF: Nº.EGS/3662367114/13. This is
from a total
cash prize of £70,020.225.00, shared among the (25)
twenty-five
international winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with our 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
the money remitted to your account, as this is part of our
security
protocol, to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking
of advantage
of this program by participants, as has happened in the
past.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn
from 25,000 names, email addresses & official addresses,
from Asia,
Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South America,
Middle East
and Africa, as part of our International Promotions
Program.
We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in
the subsequent
programs. To begin your lottery claims, please contact your
Claims
Agent,
MR. KATHLESS CHRIS,
FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER,
GLOBAL SECURITY & FINANCE COMPANY UK,
EMAIL:kathless_ globalsecfinancecompany@yahoo.co.uk
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than
30TH AUGUST, 2005.
Any claim not made by this date will be returned to the
DEPARTMENT OF
THE TREASURY. And also be informed that 10% of your lottery
winning
belongs to (the PROMOTIONS COMPANY). Because they are the
company that
bought your ticket and played the lottery in your name.
Note also that
this 10% will be remitted after you have received your
winnings prize,
because the money is insured in your name already.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all
correspondences with us; or your Claim Agent. Furthermore,
should there
be any change
of address, please do inform your Claim Agent as soon as
possible. An
original copy of your lucky winning ticket and your deposit
certificate
will be sent to you by your Claim Agent, MR KATHLESS
CHRIS.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Once again from all members of our staff we thank
you for being a part of our International Promotions
program. We wish
you continue good fortunes.
Sincerely,
MARY ANDERSEN(MRS.)
VICE PRESIDENT,
E-MAIL: andersens@myway.com
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