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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: "Lucky Day Lottery" <notificationoffice@luckydaylottrey.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:34:13 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE.
LUCKY DAY LOTTERY.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM.
PALEISSTRAAT 9, 2514 DEN HAAG,NETHERLANDS.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LDL /2551256003/22
BATCH: 14/0017/IPD
ATTENTION:SIR/MADAM,
LUCKY DAY LOTTERY AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE:
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today,7th Of September 2005 that you are one of the winners of the LUCKY DAY LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 24th of August 2005.
Your email,attached to ticket number 025-1146-1992-750, with serial number 2113-22 drew the lucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43;the lottery was categorized into four zonal (Africa, America, Europe and Asia)stages with the amount won by individual respectively and consequently you have won the lottery in the 1st category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 750,000.00Euro[Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Euros]Credited to file REF NO.LDL/2551256003/22.
This is from total prize of 17,000,000.00 Euro in 1st category shared among the seventeen international winners in this category.All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 15 million email addresses from across the globe as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
You are required keep this award to yourself until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.Through computer balloting you were been zoned for your funds to be released in our Europe office which is in United Kingdom.
To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent with the informatiom below
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NAME OF AGENT:MR ALAN COCKBURN BROWN
EMAILADDRESS:alanagentbrown@myway.com
FAX: +44-871-247-3476
TEL: +44-703-193-0632=======================================
For due processing and remittance of your prize.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than two weeks after the day of notification. 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 your agent.Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Colen Van Ken.
Co-ordinator International.-----------------------------------------------------
The LUCKYDAY Awards is proudly sponsored by the
Microsoft Corporation,the Intel Group,Toshiba, Dell computers,
Mckintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies.The LUCKY DAY LOTTERY internet draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.
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