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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: "Roll Royce" <royrouce2005@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:55:23 +0000
Subject: ROLLS ROYCE 100TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA
ROLLS ROYCE MOTOR CARS
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
1 ROLLS ROYCE AVENUE
ROYCE COURTYARD
LONDON, SW1V 3DW
UNITED KINGDOM
ROLLS ROYCE 100TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZAThis is to inform you of the release of email balloting held on the 1st october 2005, by ROLLS ROYCE MOTOR CARS on it's 100th anniversary.For the first time ever ROLLS ROYCE MOTOR CARS have decided to celebrate it's 100th anniversary by awarding £1,000,000.00 (One Million POUND STERLING) each to 20 lucky winners who were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 30,000.00 companies and 5,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
However, the results were released on 8th october 2005 and your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £1,000,000.00 each on the 100th anniversary of the ROLLS ROYCE MOTOR CARS, and your email was attached to ticket number RR38844240 and ballot number 00147.In other to claim your £1,000,000.00 prize winning,which has been deposited in a designated bank. However,you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of this company for verification and then you will be directed to the bank where a cheque of £1,000,000.00 has already been deposited in your name.NAME:..................................................................
AGE:...................................................................
SEX:..................................................................
ADDRESS:...............................................................
EMAIL:................................................................
PHONE:.................................................................
NUMBER.................................................................
OCCUPATION:..........................................................
COMPANY:...............................................................
COUNTRY:..............................................................
Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to our Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your fund from the designated bank.CONTACT NAME: MR.JOHN SMITH(PROMOTIONS MANAGER)
CITY/ COUNTRY:London, United Kingdom.
EMAIL:frank_promo2@uk2.netAny breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. This E-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Information that is privileged, proprietary, confidential and exempted from disclosure.
If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Sharon Eliot
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