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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: angela_mude <angela_mude@telstra.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 10:45:46 +0100
Subject: Congratulations
LUCKY DE LOTTO Bv,
41132, NL-1007 DB AMSTERDAM,
THE NETHERLANDS.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: MCL/FLW/12-A782881207
ATTN: AWARD WINNER.
AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,March 8th,2004, of winners of the LUCKY DE LOTTO/ INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on Febuary 5th 2004.
Your e-mail address attachedd to ticket number 013-2316-2002-477, with serial number A025-09 drew the lucky numbers 37-13-34-85-56-42, and consequently won in category C.
Note that All participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites. This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, bill gates of
microsoft inc and other corporate organisations. this is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,500,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO. REF: MCL/FLW/12-A782881207. This is from total prize money of US$22,500,000.00 shared among the fifteen international winners in the category C.
CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with a Finance and Security House and insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3 billion International lotto.
To begin your claim, please contact your claims officer immediately:
JAMES McCOY
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
MASTER CONSULT,
TEL:+871 762 922295
FAX: +871 762 922296
TEL/FAX:+316 41794880
EMAIL:james_coy@mail2netherlands.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claims officer not later than one week from the receipt of this mail. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to Mr. James McCoy, either by fax or email, should have this email sent along with it and also, your email address to which this email is sent, should be clearly and boldly written in your response.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences with your officer. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
MRS.ANGELA MUDE.
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS, LUCKY DE LOTTO.
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