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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: "uknotification lotterypromo"
<uklotterysweeptakenote1@unitedkingdomsweeptakesnotification.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 12:51:07 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION





THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369


WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#990) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 18th June
2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 04-07-26-41-42-49(bonus
no.37), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category
i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,640,170
(one million,six hundred and fourty thousand one hundred and
seventy pounds sterling ) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £16,010,310 shared amongst the
first three(3)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6.
Draw 990 18th june, 2005.


NUMBER OF MATCHES No OF WINNERS £s PER WINNER TOTAL

Match 6 0 £5,330,569
£5,330,569

Match 5 plus bonus 7 £234,310
£1,640,170

Match 5 429 £2,389
£1,024,881

Match 4 27950 £80
£2,236,000

Match 3 577869 £10
£5,778,690


Totals 606255 £16,010,310

Additional Information

Jackpot winner(s) 3 Machine used for Draw PEARL Winners by Lucky Dip
208656 Ball set used 3.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are
listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon.In view of this, your £1,640,170 (one million,six hundred and fourty
thousand one hundred and
seventy pounds sterling ) would be
released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence theprocess to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your claim is processed and your money
remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
MR.Barry Wood.
Email:fiduciaryagentbarrywood@yahoo.co.uk

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,Sweepstakes International Program.
Open 7 days 8am-11pm.

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