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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: "ENGINEER COLLINS WALTHER ." <ecwa@msn.com>
Reply-To: ecwa1@msn.com
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 23:27:06 +0000
Subject: HELLO CONGRATULATION
PAYMENT PROCESSING UNIT
Princess Diana Universal Lottery
(GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS)
10 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE,
LONDON WC2N 5BX, THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Official Email: DianaPromo@Katamail.com
Overseas Fax: +44-87-0120-6263.
Dear Sir/Madam,
AWARD NOTIFICATION:
This payment processing unit is happy to inform you that you have been found
to be one of the winners of the PRINCESS DIANA UNIVERSAL LOTTERY. Diana
Frances Spencer was born on July 1, 1961 at Park House, the home her parents
rented on the royal family's estate at Sandringham. She died on August 31,
1997 when her new-found love affair with Emad "Dodi" Fayed, the son of
billionaire businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed, was abruptly ended by a car
accident in Paris while fleeing from paparazzi.
We are the executors of the PRINCESS DIANA UNIVERSAL LOTTERY. This program
was held on January 20, 2005, in remembrance of the noble life & death of
Princess Diana as she personally noted in her WILL. In the announcement of
the lucky winners for the prestigious PRINCESS DIANA UNIVERSAL LOTTERY
which started this year, your email address was attached to ticket number
13-2316-5086-477; with serial number A025-09 drew the lucky numbers
37-13-34-85-56-87, and consequently won in category A.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of $1,000,000.00 GBP
(One Million British Pounds) in cash credited to file REF NO. PDUP/67
AO916520567. Your winning is also from the international winners in the
category A.
Note that all participants were selected through a computer-generated ballot
system drawn from over 100,000
companies/individuals from Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, America,
Asia, Europe and North America as part of our international charity program,
which is conducted annually.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award
strictly confidential from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid
double claiming or unscrupulous acts by some disgruntled participants of
this program.
We therefore request you to forward your full names, address and
telephone number so that we can update your file and submit your
information for immediate provision of a certified check for you. For your
payment security, the certified check shall be obtained from the Federal
Reserve Bank, after a satisfactory verification of your payment eligibility.
As true custodians and executors of PRINCESS DIANA UNIVERSAL LOTTERY, we
have deemed it necessary to contact and inform you of this surprise and
lucky benefit.
At this juncture, we finally congratulate you and hope that you will
eventually become one of the friends and well-wishers of late Princess
Diana , a woman of distinction, who whether in good times and bad, she never
lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth
and kindness.
Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.
Sincerely,
ENGINEER COLLINS WALTHER
PAY MASTER
PRINCESS DIANA UNIVERSAL LOTTERY
GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS,
LONDON.
Official Email: DianaPromo@Katamail.com
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