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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: "Dennis Chidi" <dennischidi_sti@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 03:42:18 -0700
Subject: Strictly confidential for Sophia.
FROM THE DESK OF MR. DENNIS CHIDI.
PROTOCOL OFFICER, UN-UK WORLD SUPPORT LOTTERY PROGRAM
1 RAILWAY ROAD, LEIGH, LANCS,
WN7 4AB, UNITED KINGDOM.
Attn: Sophia,
Re: Lottery Promotion Prize Winning Notification
We are pleased to inform you of the 2005 end of year bonus promotion winners
of United Nations / United Kingdom Partnership World Support Lottery Program
held on 16th December, 2005. Your email address attached to ticket number
023-56678230954, drew the lucky numbers 03-07-12-29-40-42, Batch number
UN-UK/6858 which consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category. You have
therefore been approved a lump sum pay out of 30,000.00 Pounds (THIRTY
THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS ONLY) credited to LOTTERY FILE REFERENCE NUMBER:
UN-UK/6858/2ND/2005. This is from total prize money shared among the
seventeen international winners in the 2nd category.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 company email addresses and 50,000,000 individual email addresses
based on yahoo,msn and their affiliate websites from Australia, Africa, New
Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of UN-UK human
empowerment program to meet up with the Millennium development goals set by
UN. This lottery program was promoted and sponsored by a group of world
philanthropist championed by Mr. Bill Gates, the president of Microsoft
Corporation, President of Yahoo Inc and the British Government and will be
conducted annually for the next five years.
Your fund is now in custody of our financial firm {Continental Trust and
Broker Plc} insured in your File Reference. We ask that you keep your wining
particulars as provided for you strictly from public notice until your Claim
has been processed and your prize money paid to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming. To begin your claim, please
contact the Paying officer / Director of scrutiny at Continental Trust and
Broker Plc in the name of:
Mr. Afzal Rajah
Continental Trust and Broker Plc
444 Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton Manchester,
M21 0BQ, United Kingdom
Tel: +447031841156
Fax: +448701350880
Email: directors@ctbplcng.com
All prize money must be claimed not later than 5th of January 2006. After
this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. For easy and faster
procession of your prize money, submit the under listed to Mr. Afzal Raja at
your first correspondence. Procession, verification and payment will not
take more than two banking days.
1. Ticket number: 023-56678230954 which is attached to
your email address that won.
2. Wining numbers: 03-07-12-29-40-42
3. Batch number: UN-UK/6858
4. Lottery file reference number: UN-UK/6858/2ND/2005.
5. Prize won: 30,000.00 British Pounds.
6. Your identification for age verification and
confirmation.
7. Your account details if you choose bank payment
OR
8. Your mailing address for delivery of Cheaque /Draft
if you choose Cashier Cheaque or Certified bank Draft
payment.
Any person under the age of 18 is AUTOMATICALY
DISQUALIFIED..
Congratulations!!!
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