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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: "promo manager" <promomanager21@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:01:46 -0900
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.
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