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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: Alice Thomas <althomas3@teleworker-center.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 12:09:55 +0100
Subject: Congratulations!!!

The Silverstick Promo organization
In Conjunction with The National Organizing
Committe of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
FIFA Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006
organisationskomitee Deutschland
koniginstrabe 23,80539 Munchen.


From: The Desk of the Promotions Manager,

The Silverstick Promo Lottery Organization
Reference: TIF/50089345 Batch: 78012/12/FIFA06/TIF
Award Notification

Date: 22.12.05

WINNING NOTICE

We gladly wish to inform you of the draws of the Silverstick Promo Lottery Organization in conjunction with the National Organizing Committee of the 2006 FIFA World Cup held on the 19TH of December 2005 here in Munich Germany. You along with 14 others were selected winners under
draws 6+J in our monthly program which will feature as run up to the games next year when you will be due for the final Grand draw. However your e-mail address attached to ticket number 588-7823-5409-224 with serial numbers 2343-54 drew the lucky numbers 56-43-51-33-34-27
and consequently won the lottery in the 5th category.CONGRATULATIONS!!

Please be informed that all participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 500,000 companies and 50,000,000 individual e-mail addresses. This Lottery is Organized by the host country in collaboration with FIFA.Funds
for the draws have been contributed by the major sponsors of the games which include Adidas, Hyundai, Fuji Film, MasterCard, Gillette, Coca-Cola, Emirates Air, Continental, Toshiba, McDonalds and a host of others.

Your funds are now deposited with a Finance and Security House. Due to the mix up of some numbers
and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

To begin your claim, please contact the clearing house (through your claims agent) the body
assigned with the verification of any emergent winner. Therefore all protocols laid down by them must be followed to facilitate your claims:

CONTACT: MR. John Richards,
CLIENT SERVICE MANAGER,
Kittson Finance and Securities Ltd,
London, U. K.
TEL NO.: +44-703-190-5623
FAX NO: +44-870-121-9864
EMAIL: j_richards@mixmail.com



Also find all other relevant winning lottery Information below:

Ref No: SIF/50089345
Batch No: 78012/12/FIFA06/SIF
Zonal Draw No: SH-099
Grand Draw No: 17081

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$300,000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand Dollars only) in cash credited to file REF NO:TIF/50089345 .For due processing and remittance of your prize money, remember that you must contact your claim agent not later than 30th
December, 2005. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to Quote your reference
and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there
be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations
again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our Promotions program. Please do not reply to this email address.

Sincerely,

Ms. Alice Thomas
The Promotions Manager

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to Disqualification.

Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claim agent. Also you are automatically
disqualified if you are below 18 years of age.

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