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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: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS" <emaillotto@uklottcompany.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:52:39 +0000
Subject: congratulations !!!!!!! (you have won 1,000,000.00 (one Million Euros)
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
We happily announce to you the draw (#961) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online
Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday 9th of May,2005.Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number
5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:14-21-25-39-40-47 (bonus no.20), which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus
bonus.. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 individuals and
companies.The Lottery teams up with localcompanies and media partners to
promote Lottery products, and informs citizens on
where the proceeds from Lottery ticket sales go.You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000 EURO(ONE MILLION EURO) in cash.
This is from a total cash prize of FIFTY
THREE MILLION EURO,shared amongst the first hundred (53) lucky winners in
this category.A statewide focus is taken on most large promotions, and the
Lottery works with local companies, such as Pepsi and IBM, in
"co-promotional"partnerships. These partnerships help each company
introduce new products to customers.Note that we have a wide reputation and
list of people who
have benefitted imensely from this promo".This promotion takes place
annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your claims 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 by some
unscrupulous elements.Please be warned.In view of this, your 1,000,000
EURO(ONE
MILLION EURO)would be released to you by our Security firm. To file for your
claim, please
contact our fiduciary/Claims agent:
NAME:DR PETERS
EMAIL: legalclaims123@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE NUMBER: +447040110718
FAX: +447092860667
Contact person: Dr PETERS
COMPANY NAME: Alpha-Consult Services
United Kingdom
Office Address: 20 Station Rd, West Hagley,
Stourbridge, West Midlands DY90NU.
United Kingdom
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact DR PETERS
with the following details below:
1. Your full names,telephone, contact address
2. quote your Ticket number in any correspondences with us or our
designated
agent.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of
your funds as soon as you contact him.
The Lottery is strongly committed to maintaining the privacy of personal
information that is gathered from the use of its web site and web
services.The following statement discloses the Lottery's privacy policy and
its information gathering/dissemination practices.The Lottery will
not release personal information to third parties except where it is already
provided by law. Depending on the specific nature of the service,
information may be shared with other state agencies as stated in the Open
Records Act.This statute allows for the exchange of public records or
sharing of information between public agencies when the exchange is serving
a legitimate governmental need or is necessary in the performance of a
legitimate government function. E-mail addresses or other information that
is obtained as a result of interacting with the Colorado Lottery web site
will be used for the benefit of the Lottery and will not be sold to third
party companies except as required by the Open Records Act.
The Lottery will not share personal information with any private
party,except as required by the Open Records Act.You can go to our online
result site to confirm the value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/unclaimedPrizes.jsp
Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Stella Ellis(Mrs)
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
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 claims
agent with your full names,address ,telephone and fax numbers for processing
of your prize.This message and any attachment are confidential and may be
privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure If you are not the
intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this
message and any attachment from your system.If you are not the intended
recipient you must not copy this message or attachment
or disclose the contents to any other person.
Kindly note that this is not a spam email.Respond to this email for urgent
processing and remittance of your contract payment through our lotto agent's
address given above.
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