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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: michvicent@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 00:21:17 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?You=27re=20a=20winner=20today=27=20Lottery=2E?=
ATTENTION: DEAR WINNER.
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of winners of the UK PROMO
LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM.(sweepstake lottery/award promotion) Your email
address, is attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number
5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-48, and consequently won the
lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000.00
British Pounds Sterling in cash credited to file REF NO. UK/9420X2/68. This
is from total prize money of 17,000,000.00 British Pounds Sterling shared
among the seventeen international winners in this category. All participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a collection of
frequent internet users from all over the world from Australia, New Zealand,
America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotions
Program, which is conducted bia-annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Your fund is now deposited with a Security company. 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 you.
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 your prize,
you will participate in our end of year high stakes of 1.3 billion British
Pounds Sterling International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;MR STEVE MILLE, FOREIGN
SERVICE MANAGER, LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS. COVENTRY, UNITED KINGDOM, via (steve_mll@yahoo.com)
You are expected to process your claim, but because of distance, we can
assist you in the processing of your claim to reduce the burden that you
may encounter during this process, it is optional in the constitution of
our company, we are not allowed to deduct or remove any amount of money
from the prizes won by our clients either for charges, taxes/other expenses
which are needed for the processing and transfer of our clients funds. this
is because of the hard-cover Insurance policy that came with it and also
for the safety of our client's funds.
NOTE: That claiming of your funds must be completed before deadline, further
delay might attract additional expenses in the processing of your claims.
Furthermore In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers
in every one of your correspondences with your agent.
Finally, Original copy of your prize winning certificate will be sent to
you after claim declaration. Congratulations again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotionsprogram.
Sincerely,
MR.Vicent Micheal
UK LOTTERY PROMOTION LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS. COVENTRY, UNITED KINGDOM.
please do provide the following information's (claim Verification form)
fill and submit back via Mr. Steve Mille (steve_mll@yahoo.com) to your claim
agent,
1,YOUR FULLNAME:.............
2,YOUR SEX:..................
3,YOUR ADDRESS:..............
.............................
4,.YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER:.........
5,.YOUR FAX NUMBER:...............
6,.YOUR OCCUPATION:...............
7,.YOUR COMPANY'S NAME:...........
8,YOUR AGE:.......................
9,.YOUR REF NUMBER:...............
10,COUNTRY........................
11,E-MAIL.........................
INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRIZE COLLECTION: (A)CASH (which will be concealed
in a portable trunk box and transported by Trans-Atlantic Courier to your
door step) (B)ON-LINE WIRE TRANSFER to your designated Bank Account.
ACCOUNT COORDINATES IF BY ON-LINE WIRE TRANSFER (Details of the account
where you want your funds transferred):
Sign...........................
Date.......................
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