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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: "LUCKYDAY LOTTERY COMPANY" <luckday_lottery04@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: photocopies4000@excite.com
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:31:38 -1000
Subject: We Write to inform you!!
ATTENTION: Winner;
I am Frank.J.Smith the United Kingdom Zonal Cordinator of the Luckday
Lottery company with its headquaters in Den Haag, The Netherlands. I warmly
congratulate you on your victory in emerging a winner in the lottery draw
held at the porpular Trafalgar Square in London last week.
Your email address was amongst those chosen this quarter from our new
java-based software that randomly selects email addresses from the web
from which winners are selected. Iam the regional controller to the united
Kingdom from where payment is been made to various winners who fall under
the 2nd category.THE TICKET NUMBERS ARE:27522465896-6453, BATCH
NUMBERS:538901527-BC68. Please visit our website:www.luckyday.nl
You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the
processing of your claims and certificate which will facilitate the release
of your winnings.Your winning prize is to the tune of Two Million Euros
which is an equivalent of US$2.408.000.00 which is the prevailing exchange
rate at the Wall Street Capital Market as at today.
1. Full names.
2. Phone number
3. Fax number
4. Occupation
5. Sex
6. Age
7. Nationality
You are advised to forward this information as soon as possible to
enable us attend to your winnings.Once we confirm your information, your
payments would be
processed.
Everything was done in such a way that our payments mode would meet the
standards set by the European Union Gaming Commission. After you have sent
down these
information, a certificate will be prepared for you. This is to be your
proof of winning from this office to the payment center before they
release your funds. Be advised that your winnings would be paid to you in
Four(4) installments of 500,000.00 Euros {Five Hundred Thousand Euros}. This
is
done because of the amount won by you. This money would be paid to you on
instalmental basis via our Correspondent Bank
You are advised to keep your winning numbers secret to avoid unscrupulous
elements from taking advantage of the situation.Winners are enjoined to
donate a reasonable part of their winning prize to the recent Asia Tsunami
desaster that left millions dead and a lot more homeless.
Once again, congratulations.
Yours faithfully,
MR.Frank.J.Smith
LUCKDAY LOTTO UK BRANCH
www.luckyday.nl
50 Broadway
Westminster
London
SW1H OBL
United Kingdom
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