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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: "Mrs.Tina Forrester" <camelotpromos4@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:20:04 +0000
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION ( CAMELOT LOTTERY PROMOTION)
CAMELOT LOTTERY PROMOS,
406 BURY NEW ROAD,
WHITEFIELD,
MANCHESTER M45 7SX,
U.K.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to announce to you as one of the 6 lucky winners in the
CAMELOT
LOTTERY PROMOTIONS held on 17th of September, 2005. All 6 winning addresses
were
randomly selected from a batch of 40,000 international emails. Your email
address
emerged alongside 5 others as a 3rd category winner in this month's draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
£300,000
Pounds (Three Hundred Thousand pounds) only. The following particulars are
attached
to your lottery payment order;
(i) Winning numbers: 990-11-815-37-10-83
(ii) Email ticket number: 901-0148-790-691
(iii) Lotto Batch No. 13/FFP/LDL/037
(IV) File REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312
Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for the
immediate
release of your winnings:
CONTACT AGENCY:
MR. DUNCAN RICHARDS AND ASSOCIATES U.K LTD,
20 Lausanne Road London,
SW2 3JB ENGLAND.U.K
Email: camelotclaimsoffice2005@uk2.net
Tel: +44-703-1909-781
You are to provide the claim agent with the under listed information as soon
as possible:
1. NAME IN FULL:................................
2. ADDRESS:.....................................
3. NATIONALITY:.................................
4. AGE:.........................................
5. Sex..........................................
6. OCCUPATION:..................................
7. PHONE.......................................
8. FAX:........................................
Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Mrs.Tina Forrester,
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT U.K.,
406 BURY NEW ROAD WHITEFIELD,
MANCHESTER M45 7SX,
U.K.
N.B:
1. All claims are nullified after 20 working days from today.
2. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
3. Please see that you quote your REF and Batch Numbers in your
correspondence with
your Claims Officer.
4. Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent.
..........................................................................................................................................
The Camelot Lottery Promos Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation,
the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh and a conglomerate of
other
international IT companies. The Camelot Lottery Internet draw is held in
each quater
of the year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and
computers
worldwide. We are proud to say that up to Fifty Million Pounds are won
annually in
more than 150 Countries worldwide.
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