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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: "Uk National Lottery" <uklottomanagement67@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 01:50:49 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
BROOKTENTH HOUSE,
64-61 CHANDOS PLACE,
COVENT GARDEN,
LONDON,UK. WH2N 7LP.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT, REF NO: AG/TD83627152194577 AND BATCH NO: 82/174/AHS
ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM,
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION
WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT (TODAY 9th,September,2005)
OF WINNERS OF THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HELD ON THE 9th,September,2005,AS
PART OF OUR SECOND QUARTER OF THE YEAR BONANZA. YOU OR YOUR COMPANY,
ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER 296-211-8791-447, WITH SERIAL NUMBER 3209-26 DREW
THE
LUCKY NUMBERS 78-11-90-51-34-64, AND CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN
CATEGORY
A.
YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR A LUMP SUM PAY OUT OF GBP4,688,477.00
(FOUR MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY SEVEN GREAT BRITISH POUNDS). IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE
REFNO:AG/TD83627152194577 THIS IS FROM TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF
14,065,431.00 GBP SHARED AMONG 3 WINNERS IN THIS CATEGORY. ALL PARTICIPANTS
WERE
SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOTING SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 97,000 NAMES FROM
MIDDLE EAST, ASIA, AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE ,NORTH AMERICA AND OCEANIA
AS
PART OUR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
YOUR FUND IS NOW DEPOSITED WITH ALPHA GATE INSURANCE CORPORATION, DUE
TO THE MIX UP OF SOME NUMBERS AND NAMES, 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 YOUR PRIZE, YOU WILL PARTICIPATE IN OUR END OF
YEAR HIGH STAKES GBP1.1 BILLION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
TO BEGIN YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT;
MR.ERIC MAXEN.
ALPHA GATE INSURANCE CORPORATION,
LONDON,UK.
EMAIL: eric_agent3@yahoo.co.uk
FOR DUE PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO A DESIGNATED
ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE. REMEMBER, YOU MUST CONTACT ALPHA GATE INSURANCE
CORPORATION, NOT LATER THAN 14(FOURTEEN) DAYS UPON RECEIPT OF THIS
NOTIFICATION. AFTER THIS DATE, ALL FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED.
ALL CORRESPONDENCES TO MR.ERIC MAXEN, EITHER BY FAX OR EMAIL, SHOULD HAVE
THIS EMAIL SENT ALONG WITH IT AND ALSO, YOUR FULL ADDRESS, YOUR COUNTRY OF
RESIDENCE AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO WHICH THIS EMAIL IS SENT, SHOULD BE
CLEARLY AND BOLDLY WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.
NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS, PLEASE
REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS IN EVERY ONE OF YOUR
CORRESPONDENCES TO ALPHA GATE INSURANCE CORPORATION. FURTHERMORE,
SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF YOUR ADDRESS, DO INFORM YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
CONGRATULATIONS,ONCE AGAIN FROM ALL OUR STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR BEING
PART OF OUR PROMOTIONS PROGRAM.
SINCERELY,
MRS.TRACY ROBERT.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
N.B. 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
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