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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: "The UK-Nertherlands National Lottery" <uklottery@uk-national.co.uk>
Reply-To: uklottery@london.net
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:01:38 -0000
Subject: **To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent..Congratulations!!!*
The Marina Offices,
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#988) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online
Sweepstakes International program held on 12TH AUGUST,2005. It is yet to be
unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.
Your e-mail address attached to WINNING number:56475600545 188 with PIN number
1102 drew the lucky numbers: 01-02-18-25-34-45(bonus no.31), which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 1ST category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000 (One
Million Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £10,000,000.00 shared amongst the(10)
lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide
Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,
associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion
takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your £1,000,000 (One Million Pounds Sterling) will be released to you
by any of our payment offices in Europe especially in Amsterdam.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact her. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is
processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to
claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Overseas Claims Unit
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Mr. Abreu Martins.
Email: uklottery@london.net
Endeavour to email him the following :
Full names:
Address
City:
State/ province:
Country:
Email address:
Age:
Occupation:
Fax numbers:
Winning numbers:
Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press
anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be
further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the
end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, we remain.
Very Truly Yours,
Caroline Bryan.
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