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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: "r.reichlin@virgin.net" <r.reichlin@virgin.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 21:10:21 +0000 (UTC)
Subject:
URGENT! Winning Notification
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
PRIME GOLDEN LOTTO INC.,
Stadhouderskade 402
1071 ZD Amsterdam
The Netherlands
TEL: +31 64 597 6717
FAX: +31 84 751 9538
FROM: LOTTERY COORDINATIOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF: IPAH/900111/2004.
BATCH: 08/11810/IPH.
Dear Beneficiary,
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
With all due respect to your right to granting a verifiable deliberate, exp=
licit=20
and revocable permission for this message being sent you, we are pleased=20
to inform you of the result of The Online Lottery program Draw Number 926.=
01=20
held on the 6th November, 2004 in which your email address emerged the jack=
pot=20
winner. Ticket number 370982217413-7240 with serial number 4708-325, which=
=20
was attached to your email address in the lottery program, drew lucky numbe=
rs=20
5-17-23-26-42-48 consequently winning the sum of GB=C2=A31,666,667.00. You =
have=20
therefore been approved for the winning prize lump sum pay of One Million,=
=20
Six Hundred and Sixty Six Thousand, Six Hundred and Sixty Seven British=20
Pounds (GB=C2=A31,666,667.00) exchanging to Three Million, Two Hundred and =
Three=20
Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifteen United States Dollars, Sixty Cents (US$=
=20
3,203,715.60) - Live mid-market rates as of 2005.03.08 11:41:15 UTC.=20
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
In accordance with our Terms of Service in line with privacy and confidenti=
al concerns,=20
we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claim=
=20
has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our secu=
rity=20
protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program=20
by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer=20
ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual=20
email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program=
=20
takes place every year, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalit=
ies=20
like the Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc and other corporate=
=20
organizations in encouraging the use of the computers worldwide with emphas=
is=20
in bolstering confidence in internet commerce and online business/economic/=
financial=20
transactions; we hope with part of your winning you will take part in our=
=20
next jackpot's USD50 million international lottery.
You are hereby advised to contact our financial agent and your assigned Cla=
ims=20
Clearance Officer MRS.PAMELA COCKER by fax on +31 84 751 9538 and/or email:=
=20
pam4pgl7@eresmas.com to assist you with the processing of your winnings=20
and subsequent payments. All winnings must be claimed not later than one=
=20
month from the date of this notice. After this date the affected winnings=
=20
shall become null and void causing the unclaimed fund to be included in=20
the next stake. Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and comp=
lications,=20
always quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.=
=20
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as=
=20
soon as possible.
Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional p=
rogram.
Sincerely yours,
ROBERT REICHLIN,
Coordinator.
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