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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: Internet User's Promoter <iiup.india@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:51:07 +0200
Subject: Winnings Alert
India Internet Users Lottery
245/ Paradise Tower,
Gokhale Road, Thane (w),
Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400602
India.
Ref: E836775099/98-01
Batch: 27810/19/IIUL
India Internet promoter today announces your e-mail address as one of the five lucky winners in the ongoing draw held in Mumbai grouped in category B.
The five winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of twenty-nine millions international emails from all class of professional bodies. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base encouraging the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits, to promote music, theater art, craft work, literature, projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health, science research, education and scholarships.
As part of our international promotions program, which is conducted annually, your lucky winning e-mail address won you a total pay of three hundred and forty thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterling (340,000.00 GBP). Your winning fall within our Mumbai Dispatch Office as indicated in our dispatch play coupon and your prize will be released to you from the regional branch office.
Below is your winning identification numbers, you must be 16 or over to claim a prize, keep record:
Batch Number..................... 27810/19
Box Number..................... 160/k30
Card Number.................... 27604
Serial Number.................. 02850584
Draw Number................... 02 09 15 24 40
Winning Price/Funds ............ GBP 340,000.00
Mr. Desmond Oconnor is assigned officer to your prize and will instantaneously attend to you for the release process of your funds as matter of urgent. For security reasons, with your full concert you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till you testify of your prize remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary calculate to avoid uncertainty and unjustifiable abuse of our program. Please admit advice.
Establish contact between the hours of 8.00am - 6.30pm on Mondays through Saturdays with your officer: Mr. Desmond Oconnor with below information:
CORRESPONDING OFFICER DATA
Contact Person: Mr. Desmond Oconnor
Tel Number: +919910816248
E-mail: desmond.connor@yahoo.co.in
In your honor to this mail inscribe your current contact address, phone number, and fax number for easier reach should there be delay in email.
Congratulations from all members and staff of the India Internet Users Promoter.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Cynthia Moore.
Online Coordinator
(Lottery International Announcer)
(c) India International Sweepstake ® 2007
C. Moore is committed to operating The IIU Lottery in a socially responsible way. If you suspect any body reselling IIU Lottery tickets to anyone under the age of 16, you can report them by calling our dedicated hotline on +91 9910816248. All calls are fully investigated by IIU'S security team.
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