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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: lottery promo <lottery01@mail.ru>
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 05:24:47 +0400
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM 30TH-06-2006
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:We happily announce to you the draw (#953) of the UKNATIONALLOTTERY ,online Sweepstakes International program held on 24TH JUNE, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 5647560054 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 50-18-22-24-32-33(bonus no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category ie match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £250,000(TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £1,000,000 shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 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 weekly. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls
within our European representative office in Amsterdam, Holland, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £250,000 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING) will be released to you from this regional branch office in LONDON We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for £1.3 Billion international draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducialagent, MR PETER ukonlineagent2006@yahoo.co.ukand send the following personal information to him1. FULL NAME......................................2. CONTACT ADDRESS................WHERE YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU3. AGE.......................................4. NATIONALITY..........................5. OCCUPATION.........................6. PHONE NUMBER...................7. SEX.......................................8. REF.NO................................9. BATCH. NO..........................
He will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winning price money as soon as you contact him.NB:your winner prize will be courier to your contact address through a courier company whose e mail address will be given to as soon as you contact your claim agent.all winnings MUST be claimed before 16th of july 2006. otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organisations. 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. please you are advised to contact the agent with your winning numbers,this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
Goodluck from all the members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY. Yours faithfully,
Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Congratulations once again.
MR PETER Onlinecoordinator for uk
Sweeptakes International
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