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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: "alexander reyes" <al_reyes2005@europeelgordo.net>
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 00:01:00 +0000
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

FROM THE DESK OF THE
PROMOTION MANAGER
EUROPE ELGORDO SWEEPSTAKE
LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL
MADRID SPAIN.

ATTENTION:
AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today,2ND SEPTEMBER, 2005 of winners of the EUROPE ELGORDO
SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS
held on 4TH AUGUST, 2005.
Your email address is attached to ticket number
023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11 drew
the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently
won the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
of US$1,000,000:00 (one million united states of america dollars)
in cash credited to file REF NO. EESW/25041238013/03.
This is from total prize money of US$80,400,000.00
shared among the seventeen international winners in this category.
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from a collation of frequent internet
users from all over the world from Australia, New
Zealand, America,Europe, North America,Africa, middle east and Asia as
part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted
bia-annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a Security company
insured in your name. Due to the mix up of
some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has
been processed and your money remitted to your
account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants
of this program. We hope with a part of your prize,
you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3
billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please you are to provide the
below details to this commission via email to MR SAMUEL CASILAS ,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER, MADRID SPAIN, {s_casilas1@walla.com}.
For due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated account of your choice and to enable the speedy
evaluation and processing of your winnings. we advice that you adhere
strictly to procedures, to avoid any disqualifications and
subsequent cancelation
1. your full names
2. your full home / office address
3. direct telephone/fax numbers
4. occupation / age
5. next of kin
6. amount won
7. lottery date
the above detailed information will be absolutely
neccessary for the processing of your payment cheques,
drafts or wire transfers.
Please note that this winning is valid for THREE
WEEKS and failure to issue claims after this period will
automatically void your payment. Remember to quote
your ticket number, serial number and lucky number in
your future correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform your claim agent as soon as
possible. Congratulations once again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Alexanderia Reyes
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of
any of our winners will result to disqualification.
SORRY FOR THE LATE INFORMATION THANKS
Mrs Alexanderia Reyes
PROMOTION MANAGER
EUROPE ELGORDO PROMO LOTTERY COMPANY
MADRID SPAIN
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****PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL***** this e-mail and any
attached files are from Europe Elgordo Lottery Company and are
confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the addressee,
any
disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or other
dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you
have
received this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately and
then delete this e-mail. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be
secure or error free as information can be intercepted, corrupted, lost,
destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Europe Elgordo
Lottery Company
therefore cannot be held liable for any errors or omissions in the contents
of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission

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