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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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From: "Australia Lottery Inc ." <ausmail_95@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:08:34 -0800 (PST)
Subject: You have won $800,000usd
AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC.
MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD
Date: 24/01/2007
Ref: 575061725
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning no: KB8701/LPRC.
congratulations
Dear SIR/MADAM,
It is our great pleasure to inform you of your prize release on the 24th jan 2007 from the AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INCORPORATE. These lotteries are fully based on an electronic selectionof winners using their e-mail addresses. Your e mail address was attached to ticket number; 4007453211 serial number 87529628173.
This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 28-41-22-17-82 bonus number 30,which consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$800,000,usd (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED US DOLLARS) from the total cash prize of US$14,000,000.00 shared amongst twenty lucky winners in this category.
All email addresses were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communitieswhere they have operational base.
Further more your details(e-mailaddress) falls within our African Regional office in Nigeria, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$800,000,usd will be released to you from our African correspondent where we have our corporate head quarters. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$2.3 Billion international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: SIMPLY CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT mrsam_agent1@yahoo.com
OUR FUDICIARY AGENT MR SAM, WITH YOUR REFFERENCE NUMBER,TELEPHONE NUMEBR,COUNTRY,BATCH NUMBER AND WINNING NUMBER WHICH
COULD FOUND AT THE TOP LEFT HAND SIDE OF THIS MAILTO FILE IT.
MR SAM ;
EMAIL ADDRESS; mrsam_agent1@yahoo.com
Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, country and telephone number to help locate your file easily.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 5th feb 2007 otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually send the fund back to the Australian Organization .
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Past winners.
PLEASE DO REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT MR SAM AT mrsam_agent1@yahoo.com
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION
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