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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: "Song Chai" <somchai@she.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:52:22 +0700
Subject: ASIAN PACIFIC WINNING AWARD
DATE: 19TH OF NOVERMBER 2005.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
ASIAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION
PRIZE/AWARD BANGKOK THAILAND.
BATCH: EGS/ 22504002/03: REFERENCE: 15/0018/IPD
ATTENTION: CONGRATULATIONS!
RE: PRIZE/AWARD NOTIFICATION.
This is to inform you of the release of ASIAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION PRIZE DRAW, held on the 5th of April 2004, but
owing to some mixup of numbers and addresses and the holidays, the
results were released on the 21st of December 2004.
Your name was attached to ticket number 085-12876077-09 with serial
number 51390-0 that drew the lucky numbers of 03-05-12-14-28-38, which
consequently won the lottery in the 5th category. You have therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay of 1.000,000.00.
(ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY), in
cash credited to file with REF:N.EGS/3662367114/13. This is from a total
cash prize of 70,020.2! 25.00, shared among the twenty-five international
winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with our Bank/Security Company Bangkok
Thailand and insured in your name. Due to mix up of some numbers and
names, we ask that youkeep this award from public notice until your
claim has been processed, and the money remitted to your account, as
this is part of our security protocol, to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking of advantage of this program by participants,
as has happened in the past.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names, email addresses & official addresses, from Asia,
Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South America, Middle East
and Africa, as part of our International Promotions Program.
We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent
programs. To begin your lottery claims, please contact our Co-ordinator
as follows,
NAME: MR.Lee Hans,
TEL: +66-4-9722976.
EMAIL: lee_hans@thai.com
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th of Dec.
2005. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HIS MAJESTYS
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. And also be informed that 10% of your lottery
winning belongs to (THE PROMOTIONS COMPANY). Because they are the company
that bought your ticketand played the lottery in your name.
Note also that this 10% will be remitted after you have received your
winnings prize, because the money is insured in your name already.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all
correspondences with us, Furthermore, should there be any change of address,
please do inform our Co-ordinator as soon as possible.
An original copy of your lucky winning ticket and your deposit
certificate will be sent to you by Administrative Remittance Operation
Manager of Siam City Bank Bangkok Thailand.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Once again from all members of our staff and thank you for being a part of
our International Promotions program. We wish you continued good fortunes.
Sincerely,
Prachaporn Pinn.
Vice President Asian Promotion Bangkok Thailand.
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