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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: lotterycordinator <lotterycordinator@smartball-lottery-uk.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 19:38:05 +0200
Subject: HIGH STAKES DRAW



FROM: THE MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
SMARTBALL LOTTERY, UK.

DEAR WINNER,

SECOND CATEGORY HIGH STAKES DRAW


Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the
Results of the Stakes Draws of SMARTBALL LOTTERY
UNITED KINGDOM. We are happy to inform you that you have
Emerged a winner under the Second Category High Stakes Draw,
Which is part of our promotional draws. The draws were held on
15TH JANUARY, 2005 and results are being officially
Announced today. Participants were selected through a computer
Ballot system drawn from 30,000 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, attached to ticket number
55-9-478, with serial number 52-27 drew the winning
Numbers 04 10 17 19 29 42 (21) and consequently won in
The Second Category.

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum payout of
&pound;3,500,000:00M GBP (Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand
Pounds), which is the winning payout for Second Category
Winners. This is from the total prize money of
&pound;10,500,000:00 shared between Three (3) winners in the B
Category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund has been long deposited with our International
Funds Transfer agents HERITAGE FINANCE SECURITY and
has been 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/non-participants of this program.

We also wish to bring to your notice our mid-year 2005
Premium Stakes Draw where you stand a chance of
Winning up to &pound;50 M that will be shared
Amongst 10 winners worldwide, we hope that with a part
of your prize you will participate.

Please contact your claims agent immediately for due
processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
Bank account of your choice;

MR. PAUL GRAHAM
FINANCE MANAGER,
HERITAGE FINANCE SECURITY
PLAINS HERITAGE CENTRE HOUSE
642 HIGH ROAD, LEYTONSTONE
GREATER LONDON E113AA, UK.
FAX: +44 2081816482
TEL: +44 7040117541
MOBILE: +8821646655614
EMAIL: info@heritage-financialsecurity.net


You are advised to contact your claims agent by Email and/or
Fax within a week of receiving this notice. Failure to
do so may warrant immediate disqualification.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find
Below your reference and Batch numbers. Remember to
Quote these numbers in every one of your
Correspondence with your claims agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: SMBUK/05/7800/84589/CW321
BATCH NUMBER: G5/B002-1

Congratulations once again from all our staff and
Thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

JEFFREY WALKINS
THE COORDINATOR,
SMARTBALL LOTTERY UK.
133 Crosby Rd.
PO Box 9600
St. John's NF A1A 3C1. UK.
TEL. / Fax: +447005802154

N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification. Please do not
reply to this mail. Contact your transfer agent
immediately.


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