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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: "LOTTERY COORDINATOR" <promotion_manager@tirpplewinsinternationalgames.com>
Reply-To: financial_director@mmail.com
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 01:36:52 +0000
Subject: Congratulations!!!
FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
Dear Recipient,
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
First
Category draws of TRIPPLE WINS INTERNATIONAL GAMES. We are happy to
inform
you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is
part
of our promotional draws. The draws were held prior to your
notification .
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from
Africa,
America, Asia, Australia,Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of
our
International Promotions Program.
You/Your company email id, attached to ticket number 6422-5-486, with
serial
number 59-18 drew the lucky numbers 33-92-78-05 (18) and consequently
won in
the
First Category.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of $6.000,000(six
million
united state dollars) each, which is the winning payout for Category"
A"
winners. This is from the total prize money of $12,000,000 shared among
the
2 winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with our transfer agents Cash Change First
Securities INC UK ,and insured in your name. In your best interest and
also
to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you
keep
the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the
process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds
remitted to your account.This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of
this
program.
We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year premium stakes
draw
where you stand a chance of winning up to $50 million; we hope that
with a
part of your prize you will participate in it.
Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:
Mr.Edward Clapton
Financial Director,
Cash Change First Securities INC UK
14 Jupiter House Calleva Park
Aldermaston Reading Berkshire RG7 8NN.
TEL: +44-704-010-6304
TEL: +31-626-322-273
TEL:+ 31-644-850-808
TEL:+31-645-588-399
FAX: +31-645-568-773
fax: + 31-205-248-858
FAX: +44-870-136-9041
EMAIL:financial_director1@mmail.com
You are advised to contact our agents by email and/or fax within a week
of
receiving this notice. Failure to do so may warrant disqualification.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference
numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your
correspondence
with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: TGA-4GA-65389
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being
part
of our promotional program.
Sincerely,
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
TRIPPLE WINS INTERNATIONAL GAMES
JAN LUYKENSTRAAT 59
1071 CS AMSTERDAM
THE NETHERLANDS
N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to
disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail box. Contact your
claims
agent immediately.
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