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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 Microsoft Web Lottery" <online_winning_notification3@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:19:12 +0000
Subject: UK MICROSOFT WEB LOTTERY NOTIFICATION
UNITED KINGDOM MICROSOFT WEB LOTTERY
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON.
REGISTERED UNDER THE PROTECTION
DATA ACT OF (RC: Z720633).
WINNING NOTIFICATION
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are delighted to notify you on the draw of the Europe/ America private
international UK Microsoft e-games web lottery program final draw of 10th
October 2005 conducted at our international corporate office complex in the
CROYDON LONDON UNITED KINGDOM. This is fully based on electronic selection
of winners, using their email addresses.
Your email address was attached to Microsoft users coupon number
EAI/5228/ES/05 serial number 76663121 which draw the WEB LOTTERY winning
numbers Seven (7) of Microsoft user and you have been approved the winning
prize amount of US$1,000,000.00 (One million US dollar) in file jacket
number EAI/CF/1M/14/ES/05 from the total cash of US$26,000,000.00 (Twenty
six million US dollar} shared among the first Twenty six (26) lucky winners.
Your lucky winning numbers falls within our European booklet representative
as indicated in your play coupon and your prize will be processed through
same zone.
All participants emails were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites
emails and guest book and extracted from over Nine hundred thousand E-mail
addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East,
Africa and Oceania and submitted by our partner international E-mail
provider companies and winner were selected through computer balloting draw
system as part of our international promotions program.
This promotion program is conducted every two years and been sponsored by
Sultan Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft and associates to encourage the use
of internet and computers world wide and a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
For security reasons! Your winning information lives you as the beneficiary
you are advised to keep them confidential from the public till your claim is
processed and your winning prize of US$1,000,000.00 (One million US dollar)
released to you, this is precaution measure to avoid double claiming and
taken unwarranted advantage of this program by unofficial personnel.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR US$1,000,000.00 WINNING PRIZE.
Contact your claims agent through the informations below;
Name: Mr. Francis Ducan
Phone:+447031919833
Phone:+447031919827
Email :francisducan@yahoo.co.uk
He will render to you complete assistance and provide additional information
and processes for the claims of your consultation prize. Please quote your
file and winning numbers with your Full name and contact address to easily
locate/processing of your file for payment.
Congratulations once again on your winning!!!
Yours Sincerely,
Michael Louis
(Zonal Coordinator)
UNITED KINGDOM MICROSOFT WEB LOTTERY
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