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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: "Jennifer Alfred"<alfredj13@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: <larrykofi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 01:09:40 +0100
Subject: From Mrs. Jennifer Alfred



>From desk of Mrs. Jennifer Alfred
Executive Coordinator Financial Crisis Int.Lottery Award
Address: 33 Queens Gardens GU14 9LS Bistol, UK.
Telephone: +44-7031860676



Dear Winner,

LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of Financial Crisis International Lottery Program held in UK. Your e-mail address attached to ticket drew the winning number: B6544 23685478, which subsequently won you the total sum of €850.000.00, (Eight hundred and Fifty thousand Euro) in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €850.000.00 Euro in cash credited to file WFC/0201654785/09.

Please note that your winning ticket number B6544 23685478 falls within our regional representative office in Ghana as indicate in the series booklet. In view of this, your winning prize (€850.000.00 Euro) ATM VISA CARD would be release to you by our Regional Fiduciary Claim Agent. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website through computer draw system and extracted from over 100, 000, 00 companies and individuals emails address.

Note, this program is to assist impede financial crisis and to help companies/private Enterprises / Small Business owners and Individuals. We also hope that you will avail yourself this golden opportunity in realizing the objective of this program. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning number secret and confidential till your claims are processed and your ATM VISA CARD deliver to your doorstep. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
Simply contact your Fiduciary Claim Agent so he can facilitate the process to releasing and delivering of your ATM VISA CARD immediately. His contact details are shown below:
Mr.Paul Shelton.
E-mail: claims@tjlottery-cn.com or lclaimsagent@yahoo.co.uk
Mobile:+233-542698834
You are advise to call him first.

Fill and send the form below to your Fiduciary claims agent.
1. Full Name: _____________
2. Contact Address: _____________
3. Occupation: ________, Age: ________and Sex: ________
4. Nationality: ________
6. Telephone/Fax Number: ________
7. Winning Ref/Batch NO: ________
8. Scan copy of passport ID: ________

Congratulations on your winnings!!!


Yours in service,
Mrs. Jennifer Alfred.
Executive Coordinator Financial Crisis Int. Lottery Award


PLEASE ENSURE YOU CONTACT OUR CORRESPONDENT OFFICE OR YOUR CLAIMS AGENT WITH HIS EMAIL ADDRESS AS WRITTEN ABOVE.

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