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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: Monica Lopez <monica.lopez@uknl.co.uk>
Reply-To: William McGill <williamcgill@atmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 04:18:44 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS FROM MONICA (You are a winner!!!)
FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
3b Olympic Way, Sextons Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool, L30 1RD
Tel: 447031942002
REF NO: UKN-L/200-26937
BATCH: 2005MJL-01
ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of
the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY program held on 15th of November 2005 to
winning
number 23-05-2005-02UKNL, with serial number S/N-00168 drew the lucky
numbers 887-13-865-37-10-83, and consequently won in the first lottery
category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of GBP
500,000,00 Pounds (five hundred thousand pounds) in cash credited to
file REF
NO: UKNL-L/200-26937 The Sum total prize money of GBP 70,000,000.00)
Pounds, to be shared among the Hundred and forty (140) Lucky
international
winners in this category. All participants were selected through our
Microsoft computer ballot system drawn form 21,000 names, 3,000 names
from each continent, as part of International \\\\\\\"E-MAIL\\\\\\\" Promotions
Program and the Lucky winner\\\\\\\'s happened to be online during the
ballot
program, which is conducted once in every four years for our prominent
MS
WORD user all over the world, and for the continues use of E-mail.Your
fund has been deposited in an escrow account with our affiliate Bank
here
in UK, and insured with your REF NO: UKNL-L/200-26937 and your E-mail
address, Please note that, you are to contact us via email as we are
promoting the use of E-mail, You have the right to call the bank, as we
will provide you with the necessary details on how to claim your Prize.
You are to keep your Ref. number and batch number from the public,
until
it has been processed and your money remitted to your personal
account.We hope with your prize, you will be happy to promote the use
of
E-mail. To claim your winning prize, you must contact the claims
department
by email for processing and remittance of your prize money to you. Your
assigned
claims officer contact email is:
Name: William McGill
E-mail: williamcgill@atmail.com
He is to help you in claiming your due prize. Remember, all prize money
must be claimed not laterthan the 7th of December 2005 All funds not
claimed on or before the fixed date will be remitted to the U.K
National
Lottery Bursary for the next Ballot Program.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all
correspondences
with your claims officer.Any winner below the age of 18years is
automatically disqualified.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Monica Lopez
For UK NATIONAL LOTTERY;
______________________________________________________________________
Uk National Lottery Email Service---------
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