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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: EL GORDO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM <info.elgordo@caramail.com>
Reply-To: elgordoprocessing@caramail.com
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 17:26:18 +0200
Subject: CLAIM YOUR LOTTERY WINNING AMOUNT
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LP/26510460037/05
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD
DATE:15/08/2005.
AWARD LOTTERY WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION.
Attention: Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the final release, 15th of August 2005, of
the ELGORDO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM held on the 2nd August 2005.
Your email address was attached to ticket number 025114-64992-750 with serial
number 2113-05 drew the lucky number 5-6-8-22-27-32-47, which consequently
won the lottery in the De6 category.
You are therefore been approve for the lump sum pay out of 558.784,83 EUROS
( Five Hundred and Fifty-Eight Thousand, Seven Hundred and Eighty-Four Euros
Eighty-Three Cents) in cash credit to the file REF: LP/26510460037/05. This is
from a total prize of 2,199,430.00 EUROS shared among the five (5)
International winners in their respective categories.
CONGRATULATION!!!
Your fund is now deposited with a paying bank, BANCO SANTANDER. We ask that
you keep this award a top secret from the public notice until your claim
has been processed and your prize money remitted to your account as this is
a part of our Security protocol to avoid double claim application or
unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
250,000 email addresses from Australia, USA, Africa, Europe, Asia, New
Zealand, Middle-East and South-North America. As part of our international
promotions program, which we conduct twice in a year.
We hope with a part of your prize, you will take part in our 2005 high
stake of 10 Million Euros International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact the issuing authority, your prize claim
agent, MR. Miguel Gomez, (Foreign Service Manager) for processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.
Provide your email address, telephone & fax numbers for easy communication.
ALWAYS QUOTE YOUR SECURITY CODE TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT: ELDE6/05
Mr. Miguel Gomez
Tel: +34 628 579 577
Fax: +34 911 311 787
Email: agentgomez@caramail.com
Confirm your winning numbers and amount you won from our website with the below four steps
before contacting your claims agent.
1. Carefully click on this web site: http://www.teletexto.com/800.asp?re=1lo
2. Click on our organization: EL GORDO…....204
3. Click on: Anteriores
4. Click on the date which your category program was held: 2 AUGUST 2005 (2 Agosto 2005 in Spanish)
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than the 20th of
September, 2005. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
Note: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every of your
correspondence with your claim agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address, do inform your claim
agent as soon as possible. Please remember to ask for your prize claim
certificate. Congratulation again from all members of our staff and thank
you for being part of our promotions pro gram.
Best regards,
MRS. MARIA SANCHEZ.
FOR THE LOTTRY OFFICE.
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