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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr Dikkens Benz" <elowc.ch@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 12:49:26 +0200
Subject: RE: PRIZE RELEASE NOTICE.
Attn: Unpaid Prize Winner.
RE: PRIZE RELEASE NOTICE.
This is to bring to your kind notice that upon the finalization of the two (2) weeks meeting held in Geneva Switzerland in regard’s to the release of the prizes owed to winners of the European Lotto games, since the beginning of the lotto electronic games till this current time frame, your name, email I.D and coupon number has been included amongst the list of owed prize winners who would finally receive their lotto prizes from us the European Lotto Owed Winners Committee, during this first quarter prize release season scheduled for three (3) weeks only, from the time of your receipt of this electronic message.
In the light of the above related, you are hereby advised to immediately re-confirm to this prize release committee with your following details outlined below;
1. YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME
2. YOUR COMPLETE RESIDING/MAILING ADDRESS
3. A COPY OF YOUR DRIVERS LICIENCE OR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT FOR PROVE OF IDENTIFICATION.
4. YOUR COUPON NUMBER
5. YOUR PRIZE VALUE AMOUNT
Upon the receipt of the correct outlined details stated above from your person, we would commence immediately with the processing of the release of your owed lotto prize to you, and eventually have your owed lotto prize released to you in less than five(5) working days.
Finally, we would like to bring to your immediate attention that we have been receiving several complaints from various owed lotto prize winners who have been defrauded from their hard earned funds by fraudulent persons claiming to be lotto organizations authorized to released owed lotto prizes to their beneficiaries. If you are currently corresponding with such criminals unknowingly, or ever contacted by them, you are hereby strictly advised to desist immediately and completely from such fraudsters and permanently cancel every correspondence you are having with such fraudster’s, or risk loosing your hard earned funds to their fraudulent organizations unknowingly.
Thank you for your maximum co-operation and understanding as we await your prompt response to this email with the re-confirmation of your details related above, to enable us perform our authorized statutory obligations.
Yours truly,
Mr. Dikkens Benz,
European Lotto Owed Winners Committee,
E.L.O.W.C.
Geneva,
Switzerland.
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NB: In accordance with the European Lotto Owed Winners Committee LOTTO - wheel E-games policy and regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only owed lotto prize
winners.
This notification also contains information that is proprietary, privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure.
If you are not the right recipient whose email address attached to the lucky numbers along with the winning information’s you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.
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