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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: "Prize Coordinator" <coordinator@royalgamesunitedkingdom.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:51:40 +0000
Subject: Congratulations Winner
FROM MR HENRY COLE,
THE COORDINATOR, ROYAL GAMES UK,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
ROYAL GAMES UK.
Dear winner,
Second category high stakes draw.
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the Results of the stakes
draws of royal games UK. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged
winners under the second category high Stakes draw, which is part of our
promotional draws. The draws were held and results are being officially
announced today.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn From
30,000 names/email addresses of individuals and Companies from Africa,
America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our
International promotions program.
You/your Company, attached to ticket number 66-1-452, with serial number
52-27 drew the winning Numbers 09 15 18 56 31 60 (25) and consequently won
in The second category draws.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum payout of 3,500,000:00m (three
million, five hundred thousand Pounds Sterling), which is the winning payout
for second Category winners. This is from the total prize money Of
21,000,000:00 shared between six (6) winners in the B Category.
Congratulations!!!
Your fund has been long deposited with our International funds transfer
agent’s Trans world security U K. In your best interest and also to avoid
mix up of numbers and names of any Kind, we request that you keep the entire
details of your award strictly from public notice until the Process of
transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your
account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double Claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/ Non-participants of this program,
We also wish to bring to your notice our end-year 2005 Premium stakes draw
where you stand a chance, winning up to £50 m that will be shared Amongst 10
winners worldwide, we hope that with a part of your prize you will
participate.
Please contact your claims agent immediately for due Processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated bank account of your choice;
REV JOHN FOSTER
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGER
TRANS WORLD SECURITY UK
186 EAST MALL
STRATFORD SHOPPING CENTRE
STRATFORD, GREATER LONDON. UK.
Fax: +44-870-130-4014
FAX: +44 70-3040-1175
Tel: +44-70-4011-9106
Tel: +44-70-4012-4716
E-mail:jfoster_twsuk1@hotmail.com
You are advised to contact your claims agent by email or fax within a week
of receiving this notice. Failure to do so may warrant immediate
disqualification.
Note:
For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and
International lottery code number. Remember to quote these numbers in every
one of your Correspondence with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: RGUK /05/QE321,
INTERNATION LOTTERY CODE NUMBER: RG/ 004-1
Congratulations once again from all our staff and Thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
MR HENRY COLE
THE COORDINATOR,
ROYAL GAMES UK.
GREATER LONDON ,
STRATFORD 8151XQ
UNITED KINGDOM.
TEL: + 44-704-012-4715
FAX: + 44-207-504-3594
Note: any breach of confidentiality on the part of the Winners will result
to disqualification. Please do not Reply to this mail. Contact your claims
agent immediately. (Terms and condition applies).
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