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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 lotto" <uklottery456@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 22:24:37 +0000
Subject: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Tel: ++44 703 184 8823
Fax: ++44 709 287 1711
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#476 ) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program
held on 10th OCTOBER,2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky number which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000.00 (One
Million Pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £5,000,000 shared amongst the first five
(5) lucky winners in
this category
All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system
and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations and corporate bodies
that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In
view of this, your £1,000,000.00 (One Million Pounds sterlings) would
be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact her.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential
your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner
you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please
contact our fiduciary agent in the Netherland: MRS. JENNIFER MAXWELL
Tel:++31 616 022 565
Email: uklottery80@walla.com
Our European agent
will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contact
him. You may wish to establish contact
via e-mail with the particulars presented above citing the batch
and reference numbers to this letter.
Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so
desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems
associated with fraudulent claims.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program.
Goodluck from me and members of
staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Richard.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International
Program.
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