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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: world bank information dept <wbpbas38@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <worldbank_processing_dept002@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:11:56 +0000
Subject: Your our 2007 prospective beneficiary 00110011007
3 chemin Louis-DunantPost Office Box 661211 Geneva 20Switzerland. Ref Number:0002700100007 Dear Prospective Beneficiary, It shall please you to know that you have been selected as one of the prospective beneficiaries of the World Bank Private Business Assistance and Web User Service Awards 2007. A project set up to assist private business owner’s world wide and encourage individuals on the new financial iphone which was just endorsed by World Bank international.It is believed that this shall enhance private sector development world wide especially on individuals who have the will but do not have the finance to run their private businesses. Note that this aid is not only for consultants but also for the poor and everyone world wide.However, no tickets were sold for the project but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy since the project was carried out in collaboration with Microsoft,Yahoo,AOL,Google and other information technology (IT) companies.The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized iphone email randomization machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.The results were released on November 9,2007 and your email which was attached to ticket number WPBAS5261 and ballot number WBFBA: 12052007/20 was among those selected. In other to claim your £350,000 world bank business assistance web user prize, which has been deposited to a designated financial institution, you have to provide the information’s below and send it to the desk of our prize processing manager for verification and then you will be directed to the financial institution where the sum of three hundred and fifty thousand British pounds (£350,000) has already been deposited in your favour.You are advised to provide your full Name, Address, Phone number and Age. Send all information immediately to our Project manager through email or fax for prompt collection of your fund from the designated payment financial institution.Reply this email now or contact:World Bank Private Business Assistance and Web User service processing manager via e-mail- worldbank_processing_dept002@yahoo.com for prompt collection of your funds.Congratulations!!Yours Sincerely,Joseph .K. IngramFor: Word Bank OrganizationAwards Department Switzerland. WARNING:========This email is confidential and may be privileged; It is for use by you only. If you have received it in error, please notify us immediately. Do not copy or disclose its contents to any person or body. By IBRD $ IDA ``working for a world free of poverty`` World Bank copyright @ 2007
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