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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: ritajones28@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 04:47:15 -0700
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

UK-LOTTO Headquarters:
Customer Service

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the UK-LOTTO Sweepstake Lottery
International programs held on the 10th of october, 2004 in AMSTERDAM
HOLLAND Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial
number 5368/02drew the lucky numbers:19-6-26-17-35-7, which subsequently
won
you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
US$2,500,000.00 (Two million,Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total
cash prize of
US $ 25 Million dollars, shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners
in
this category.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web

site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.

This promotion takes place annually Please note that your lucky winning

number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe
as
indicated in your play coupon.In view of this, your US$2,500,000.00 (Two
million,Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by our payment
office in
europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to
you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.Please
be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
MRS FRANCA BROWN.

Email: francab002@fastermail.com
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full
names,your country, your private Telephone and fax number, your
reference/batch numbers etc in any correspondences with us or our
designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
RITA JONES.
UK-LOTTO Co-ordinator .




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