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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: "melissa pointer" <melissapointer22@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 04:41:21 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION
P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM (Customer Services) 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 (#93109) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on sat 30th of july, 2005.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:04-10-12-13-14-22(bonus no.21), 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 £55,504(fifty five thousand five hundred and four pounds sterling) in cash credited to fileKTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £1,609,616,shared amongst the (29) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus. 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 arelisted 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 £55,504(fifty five thousand five hundred and four pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning informationconfidential 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. Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:Mr Green Derek Email:info_lotto23@sify.com Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK. Yours faithfully, Mrs. Melissa Pointer. Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International ProgramThe National Lottery
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