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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: granded_spinners03@tiscali.it
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 00:19:28 +0100
Subject: WINNINGS !!!!







AWARD NOTIFICATION.

GRANDEDSPINNERS INTERNATIONAL LOTTO.SPA

PROMO/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

ADDRESS: VIA SURGINO 12-14, 10284 ,MILANO ..

REF: GRL/854986562-67/04

BATCH: 867/85764398/GA

RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE:

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement on the 18th of december,

2004 of winners of the SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY / INTERNATIONAL,

PROGRAMS held on 30th may,2004 for the 2004.ALL GAMES PROMOTION

Your email address attached to ticket number 54-007084591, with

serial number 996732 drew the lucky numbers 17-26-33-42-47-69, and

subsequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore

been approved of a lump sum pay out of 500,000.00(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND

EUROS) in credited to file REFERENCE NUMBER:GOH/77-C7846429457.

This is from total prize money of 2,500,000.00 EUROS shared among the

international winners in our 1st -5th categories. All participants

were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 25,000

company email addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses

from all search engines and website from Australia, New Zealand,

America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International

Promotions Program, which is conducted annually and is promoted and

sponsored by eminent personalities like the sultan of BRUNEI,

bill gates of microsoft Inc and other corporate software

organisation microsoft inc IBM and PHILLIPS international.

This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers world wide.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your funds is now in custody of a financial Security company insured

in your FILE REFERENCE Due to the mix up of some numbers and names,

we advice that you keep this award strictly from public notice

until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your

designated account or any other form of claim.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or

unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. This lottery program

was promoted by our group of philanthropists.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year

high stakes 10,000,000 EUROS International Lottery in the year 2004.

To process your claim, please contact your file/claim

officer: MRS MARY WENDY of GRANDEDSPINNERS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION,SPA.

on email to (granded_spinners03@excite.com) Make sure that you quote

your winning references in all your correspondence with them.

Please be informed that NON RESIDENCE of ITALY will be required to procure

a Affidavits of Lotto Claim/Court clearance certificate from the Court

in ITALY prior to award payment policy of Organisers/European Gaming

Board as required by the paying Authority.

Please be aware that your Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly

upon satisfactory Report,Verifications and validation provided by this

processing Agent. For due processing and remittance of your winning prize

to designated account of your choice, please treat as urgent.

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than one month after

the date of the notice.After this date,all funds will be returned and

treated as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please

remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your

correspondences with your agent and all reply must be via email as to

ensure the legibility.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your

claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank you for being

part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 21 is AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED.

Sincerely,

MR CLAYTON WEILS

(Lottery Coordinator).













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