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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: "John Sanchez" <nuevo_orolotto@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:24:11 +0000
Subject: (WINNING NOTIFICATION)
NUEVO-ORO LOTTO COMPANY S.L
CALLE LIMA 27.
MADRID 28081
SPAIN.
FROM: THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
DEPARTMENT.
REF: NL/3167084000127/04 BATCH: 17/00421/IPD
RE: AWARD NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement, of winners of the
NUEVO-ORO LOTTO/INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on 28th AUG,2005. Your
contact is attached to ticket number 106-007225644647, with serial number
114876 drew the lucky numbers 07-13-27-29-31-47, and consequently won the
lottery in the 1A category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum
pay out of One Million Six Hundred and fourty-Seven Thousand, Eight Hundred
and Twenty Eight Euros and Eighty-Seven Euro Cents. (EUROS 1.647.828.87) in
cash credited to file No:LP/26510460037/02. For all our international
winners the value of the amount comes to ($2.045.238.63 USD) Two Million
Fouty-Five thousand, two hundred and thrity-eight United States Dollars and
Sixty three cents.
This is from total prize money of EUROS 47.640.120.00 shared among the Fifty
three local and international winners in all the categories. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form
116,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Europe, North and South
America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your fund is now insured to your contact. Due to the
computer mix up of some numbers and contacts, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and
your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol
to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
program. We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end
of year high stakes Euros 1.1 billion International Lottery. To begin your
claim, please contact the undersigned.
Since all we have now is the winning ticket number and your contact which
was attached to the ticket number, we shall thus await further directives
from you on how to have your winning paid to you.
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account . We also want to apologise for this late notification which was due
a computer mix up.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th OCTOBER. After
this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with us. Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform us as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all
our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
VICTOR LOPEZ.
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