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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: "peter kline" <peterkline01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: roseline_rich@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:05:15 +0000
Subject: Category "A" winner of the Virgin International Lottery United Kingdom (UK)
It is our pleasure to inform you that you have emerged as a Category "A"
winner of the Virgin International Lottery United Kingdom (UK)
CONGRATULATIONS!
You are entitled to a prize sum of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars Reference number for your prize is PILS/SA/UK/69-810278,
ticket number A/04-3919.
As a category A winner, you have been selected from a total number of 25,000
names drawn from Asia, Africa, Europe, Middle East and America. After the
computer ballot of our International Promotions Program, only six winners
emerged in the category and therefore both are to receive payouts of Four
Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars from the total
27,000,000.00 United States Dollars for second category winners.
We in Virgin International Lottery United Kingdom (UK) , It is by this
program, launching our model computer balloting lottery draws, developed and
designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever growing
number of participants in our various lottery programs. With funds accrued
exclusively from previous draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and
will be transferred in record time.
This is part of the Country's Programme to fund for the Olympic Games in
2012
The £1.5bn Olympic lottery puzzle
(<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4719851.stm>)
The Lottery must raise £1.5bn over the next seven years to pay its share of
the public money going into the Olympics.
A further £650m will be raised from council tax in London and another £250m
from the London Development Agency, while similar sums will be raised from
ticket sales, marketing, sponsorship and
the sale of television rights.Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our
European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon. In view of this, your $4,500,000 Four Million and Five Hundred
thousand United States Dollars) will be released to
you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact her.For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
To immediately collect your prize, please contact our Category "A" financial
handlers with information
below:
Mrs Roseline Rich
Trust House Finance & Trust Limited
London
United Kingdom
Email:roseline_rich@yahoo.co.uk
Fax:+44-7075055583
web site:www.internationallottouk.com
Provide prize reference number-PILS/SA/UK/69-810278 and winning ticket
number-A/04-3919 for confirmation.
In your best interests, you must initiate contact within one week of receipt
of this correspondence.
You are also advised to send a copy of this email,either by fax or email, to
your financial handler Mrs Treka Owens when contacting her. You are to keep
all lottery information from the public as we
will not entertain cases of multiple claims processing or compromise the
privacy and security for all
winners. International Lottery code no: IL66118
You may be required to provide any of the above information during the
process of collecting your
prize. You are seriously advised once again to keep all winning lottery
information and numbers from the public in line with our company security
protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by
unscrupulous individuals.
We congratulate you once again and it is our hope that you participate in
any of our international programs in the nearest future.
Thank you
Sincerely,
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
VIRGIN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY UK.
St.Catherine's Court
Herbert Road
Solihull
West Midlands
United Kingdom
B91 3QE
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