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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: jackpotlottery <alberto.gom@i12.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:12:52 +0200 (EET)
Subject: winning notification


Jackpot Lotteries
Ref: ITTL/34117HPG/GRCC
Draw No.: 2245
Category: 2B
Winning Number: 08 15 30 31 34 43 40
Batch Number: ATP/44863214257/3445328/563
Date: 30th November, 2005

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draws of the Jackpot Promotional Lottery Program sponsored by European Lotteries and held in The United Kingdom on the 1st November, 2005 in which you and five (5) provisional
winners were selected as winners under draw No. 2245.

Due to mix up in some numbers and names the results of the draw were withheld and released today. For the purpose of security you are therefore strongly advised to keep this award notification secret from public notice until your claim has been processed and your prize money paid as this is part of our security protocol to avoid duplicity of claims or misuse of this programme by miscreants and hackers. Thus, your prize award winning is confidential as our winners are at liberty to remain completely anonymous until payment is effected to the benefit of the beneficiary. Our staffs are sworn to secrecy, so you will be the only one to know what you have won.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 08-04-33-38-BL-AU drew the lucky numbers: 08 15 30 31 34 43 40, which subsequently won you the lottery in Category 2B. All participants were selected randomly through computer ballot draw system and from 150,000 individuals as part of our international promotions program conducted annually to encourage
prospective overseas entries. You have therefore been granted provisional approval to claim a total sum of 685,000.00 (Six Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand Pounds only) as your winning prize. This is from a total prize pool of 3,998, 742.67 Pounds. You have the options of being paid by cash, certified bank draft or Swift Telegraphic Transfer.For lucky winners, it is our standard practices to allocate accredited claims agents for the processing of claim application and payment of prize winnings to the benefit of beneficiaries after all modalities have been completed satisfactorily.

To begin your claims therefore, you are advised on final notice and as a matter of urgency, to contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Lucky Winners for the processing of your prize awards winning and payment after all statutory obligations have been concluded satisfactorily. Contact the under-listed institution by phone, fax or email for your application to be submitted and processed for payment thus:

CONTACT:
MR. ALBERTO GOMEZ,
GLOBAL PROSPECTS LIMITED
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
Tel: 44-704-010-4633
Fax: 44-870-478-5187

EMAILS: alberto1234gom@yahoo.co.uk

In line with this, your 685,000.00 Pounds will be paid to you upon confirmation and clarification by our claims agent who will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winnings as soon as you contact him. Do please quote your Draw, Reference and Winning numbers in any correspondence with our designated agent. Also include your telephone number(s) when contacting the agent. Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program, and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programme.


Sincerely yours,
Alicia Stevenson (Ms.)
Results Coordinator.
website: www.jackpot.com

N.B. Should there be any changes in address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Do not send your response to this e-mail account. Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.


winning notification


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