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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: "Jennifer Holland" <info@sweetwinpromotions.org>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:12:11 +0000
Subject: Contact your claims agent now !!!

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
SWEETWIN LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY
HEADQUARTERS:10 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE,
LONDON WC2N 5BX,
THE UNITED KINGDOM.

REF: OYL/25041238013/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

ATTENTION: RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 9th September
2005 of Winners of the SWEETWIN PROMO LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM /
INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held on 26th August 2005.

Your e-mail address is attached to ticket number: 023-0148-790-459,
with serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.It is our pleasure
to inform you that you have emerged as a Category \"B\" winner of the
SWEETWIN LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Two
Million,Five Hundred Thousand-America Dollars You have therefore been
approved
for lump sum pay Out of US$2,500,000.00 Million in cash credited to file
REF NO.OYL/25041238013/02. This is from total prize Money Of
US$42,500,000.00 shared among the seventeen International winners in this
category. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our
European
booklet representative office in Europe as contained in your file.

In view of this, the Certified Bank Check of your Two Million, Five
Hundred Thousand-United states Dollars (US$2,500,000.00) would be released
to
you by our security firm in London, United Kingdom. Our European agent
will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contact him.

As a category \"B\" winner, all participants for the free online lotto
version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through the
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 names / companies
from Africa, Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and
Asia as Part of International Promotions Program, which is Conducted
Bi-Annually. After the computer ballot of our International Promotions
Program, only first seventeen- (17) lucky winners emerged in this
category.

This lottery program was organized by our group of philanthropist
promoted and sponsored by Mr. Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc, eminent
personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, Multi Choice and other corporate
Organizations. This lottery program was organized to improve the use of
computer software\'s and for the benefit of every Microsoft user.

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, and for security reasons,
you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your
claims is being processed and your Certified Bank Cheque is being
received by you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. So be
warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our Category \"B\" fiduciary
agent who is your claims agent:

MR. PATRICK BENOIT
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
Vertex Finance Company.
Tel: +44 7040 124249
Email: claimsagent@sweetwinpromotions.org

For due processing and the delivery of your won prize to be sent to you
through Certified Bank Check. Please do also send to your claim Agent
your telephone / fax number and your contact address. However, it
should be noted that all won prize must be claimed not later than 30th of
September 2005. Any claim not made before this date will be returned back
to the SWEETWIN LOTTO PROMO as unclaimed won prize.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and Complications, please
remember to quote your Reference and batch numbers in your
correspondences with your claim agent.

Furthermore, should there be any Change of your address, do inform our
fiduciary agent who is your claims agent as soon as possible.

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 the year high stakes
US$1.3Billion International Lottery.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

Ms. Jennifer Holland.
The Promotions Manager,
SWEETWIN LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM.


N.B. any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualifications.

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