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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: <thomasbarnes@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:53:30 -0000
Subject: LUCKY WINNER!!!







UK-LOTTO Headquarters:
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX
England



Customer Service
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369



WINNING NOTIFICATION:



We happily announce to you the draw (#1004) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Thursday 17th of
November, 2005 in NEWCASTLE UNITED-KINGDOM.



Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:and Bonus Ball (
03,06,07,17,30,34. Bonus Ball 08) 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 £2,104,612 (Two Million One hundred and
four thousand ,six hundred and twelve British pounds sterling) in cash,
credited to file YAH/9024551308/23. This is from a total cash prize of
£12,627,672.00 , shared amongst the first six (6) lucky winners in this
category



All participants for this 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 £2,104,612 (Two Million One hundred and four
thousand ,six hundred and twelve British pounds sterling) will 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 claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever
manner you deem fit to receive 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, contact our claims agent below with the following
information.



Mr. KELVIN GARNER

Email: k_garner57@yahoo.co.uk





FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................



CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................



CITY/STATE:.......................................



COUNTRY:..........................................



NATIONALITY:......................................



SEX:.......................AGE:...................



MARITAL STATUS...................................



TEL NO:...........................................



NEXT OF KIN:......................................



ANNUAL INCOME:....................................


AMOUNT WON:.......................................



REFENCE NO:................BATCH NO:..............



LUCKY NO:..................TICKET NO..............



SERIAL NO:.................LOTTERY DATE:..........



Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this
program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery
programs.





Yours faithfully,
THOMAS BARNES

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program





















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