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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: "Musa Ali" <info@musa-ali.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 11:17:23 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369


DEAR LUCKY WINNER.

WINNING NOTIFICATION:


We happily announce to you the draw (#1007) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Wed 17 Aug 05, 2005. It is
yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards
this.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 03-10-13-22-31-33 (bonus no.15),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e *match 5 plus
bonus*.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £66,368 (Sixty-Six
Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty-Eight British Pounds Sterling) in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £730,048 shared amongst the (11) 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, corporate bodies and individual that are listed online. This
promotion takes place twice 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 £66,368 (Sixty-Six Thousand Three Hundred and
Sixty-Eight British Pounds Sterling) will be released to you by any of our
payment offices in UK.

Our UK agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
of your funds as soon as you contact him.

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:

Contact Person: Mr.Michael Cole
Contact Email: michael_cole44@yahoo.co.uk or claimsagent@claimsagent.cjb.net
Tel: +44 704 0125503

Do endeavor to email him your full names, winning numbers, telephone and fax
numbers immediately and write him a detailed mail telling him that you are
one of the Lucky Winners for the recent week, that you have contacted him to
claim your prize valued at £66,368.

You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings
and also get a prize breakdown:- http://www.national-lottery.co.uk

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY!

Yours Faithfully,
Musa A. Ali,
Online coordinator
The National Lottery
Sweepstakes International Program.



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