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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" <uknationallottery119111@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:03:42 +0000
Subject: Ref: UK/9420X2/68

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010 Liverpool,
L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

:WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you that you are a winner of the draw (#1027) of the
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on
Wednesday 26/10/2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the
luckynumbers:10-14-26-28-33-38(bonus no23.), which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000 (One
Million pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is
from a total cash prize of £21,000,000 shared amongst the (21) lucky
winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.
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(One Million pounds sterling) 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 him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims 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 uk online fiduciary agent:
Mr; williams morrison, ,with your full name and draw number(i.e #1027)

Email: uklotteryconfirmationunit02@yahoo.co.uk

You can also go to our online result site to confirm the value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/prizes/prizeAction.do

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY VERIFICATION FORM

1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:
9.LOTTO NUMBER:
B. DRAW NUMBER:
10.TICKET NUMBER:
11.SERIAL NUMBER:
12.DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL
13. COUNTRY:
_________________________________________________________________________________
2. Indicate how you want your prize:

{A}by cashier cheque (address where you want it delivered),

{B}wire transfer by bank
____________________________________________________________________________________
Yours faithfully,

Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Phone :+ 44-7031964585
Fax :+ 44-715 043 3391
_____________________________________________________________________________
U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY Member Services
Sweepstakes International Program.

Please do not reply to this e-mail, because this is an unmonitored alias.
If you have general questions regarding your winnings please contact the
fiduciary agent at the lower left corner for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
comprehensive online help.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is
intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain
information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from
unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended
recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of
this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error,
please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the
original message.

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