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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?GEORGE=20HARRIS?= <george_harris123@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: george_harris2006@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 06:27:33 +0530 (IST)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: george_harris123@yahoo.co.in
The National Powerball Lotery
HEADQUATERS Macclesfield,
United Kingdom
NW3 1MM
(Customer Services)
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Ref: XYL /26510460037/05
Batch: 24/00319/IP
Contact Email address: powerball_prize@yahoo.ca
Dear Winner,
We happily announce to you the draw (#1024) of the
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes
International program held on 8th of February 2006
Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of £1,000,000( One Million pounds) in cash credited to
file XYL /26510460037/05 .
This is from a total cash prize of 10 million pounds
shared amongst the (10) lucky winners in this category
i.e Match 1 plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer
draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions,associations,and corporate bodies that are
listed online. This promotion takes place one time in
a year .
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 £1 million ( One Million
pounds) would be released to you by any of our
payment
offices in around the world.
Our European agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact him.
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.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
Please be warned. To file for your claim, please
contact our claims agent:
Overseas Claims Unit
UK Lottery Fiduciary
Mr Wilson Petkovic
Email: nplclaimsunit@yahoo.co.nz
Tel:+44-7005-982-568 Fax:+44-870-9127126
cc:Email: drkovicpet@yahoo.com.au
Our European agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact him. You
may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the
particulars presented
above citing the batch and reference numbers to this
letter.
Our winners are assured of the utmost standards
ofconfidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and
beyond where they so
desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest
level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to
circumvent problems
associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our
precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse
of this program.
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the
UK Powerball National LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
DR. GEORGE HARRIS
EMAIL: npl_drgeorge247@yahoo.co.in
Online co-ordinator for UK NATIONAL POWERBALL
LOTTERY.
- GEORGE HARRIS
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