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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: "Tina Forrester" <camelotuklotpromos@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 23:53:50 +0000
Subject: YOUR WINNING NOTICE!!!
Camelot Lottery Promos,
406 Bury New Rd.,
Whitefield,
Manchester M45 7SX
U.K.
08/ 09/ 2005
Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the selected winners of the
Camelot Lottery Promos held on 1st of Sept. 2005. Your email address
attached to ticket number 901-0148-790-691, with serial number 6109-17 drew
the lucky numbers 990-11-815-37-10-83; the lottery was categorized into four
zonal (Africa, America, Europe and Asia) stages. Consequently you have won
the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump
sum pay out of[Three Hundred Thousand]US dollars Credited to file REF NO:
MELI-T/17-F044262312 Batch No. 13/FFP/LDL/037. All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from the
Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and North America. All
participants in this Lottery Program have been selected randomly through a
computer Ballot System drawn from over 200,000 Companies and 30,000,000
individual emails address from all search engines and web sites. This
promotional program will take place every year until the games begin in
Beijing China in 2008.
However, winners are only eligible for claims once. 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.
ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is open
to all persons from age 18 years and above with a valid email address and
who live in any of the aforementioned countries. This promotion is void in
all other countries and is also void where prohibited. Principals and
employees of the Camelot Lottery Promos and its respective Parents,
subsidiaries and their immediate families are not eligible.
CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the processing
of claims application. It is even more imperative for overseas winners. To
begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a matter of urgency, to
contact the under listed licensed and accredited claims agent for the
processing of your prize awards winning. Please contact the clearing house
(through your claims agent only) the body assigned with the verification of
all emergent winner. Therefore all protocols laid down by them must be
followed to facilitate your claims;
CONTACT AGENCY:
MR. FRANK SMITH AND ASSOCIATE LTD U.K,
Email:claims_franksmith@yahoo.co.uk
Email:claimsagent1@uk2.net
Num:+44-703-190-8796
Fax: 44-870-133-4067
20 Lausanne Road London,
SW2 3JB ENGLAND.U.K
You are to provide the claim agent with the under listed information as soon
as possible:
1. NAME IN FULL:................................
2. ADDRESS:.....................................
3. NATIONALITY:.................................
4. AGE:.........................................
5. OCCUPATION:..................................
6. PHONE/FAX:...................................
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process,
failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings Forfeiture.
Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.
(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and
unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions of
claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize awards
winning.
(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning details
very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this
confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered solely by such
winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on
employment.
Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of
our Promotions program.
Sincerely,
Tina Forrester.
Co-coordinator.
NB: PLEASE SEE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR REF AND BATCH NUMBERS IN YOUR
CORRESPONDENCE TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.
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The Camelot Lottery Promos Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies. The Camelot LOTTERY
internet draw in each quater of the year and is so organized to encourage
the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that up
to One Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 Countries worldwide.
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