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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: "claims manager" <claims@cardinalwinners.net>
Reply-To: centrustholdingsltd@zwallet.com
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:52:02 +0000
Subject: congratulations
FROM: THE DESK OF THE AWARDS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
CARDINAL ELECTRONIC LOTTERY INC.
SOUTH AFRICA.
Dear sir/madam,
Notification of your prize winning:
We are pleased to inform you from CARDINAL ELECTRONIC
LOTTERY INC. of the announcement today Friday the 16th of September,
2005 as one of the lucky winners of the lotto draws held on Wednesday
the 14th of September,2005 as part of Our e-business
awareness/promotional
excercise.Participants in the draws were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mail
addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,
Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New
Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions
Program.You qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting
various websites we are running the Electronic-business promotions
for.You/Your Company e-mail address, attached with
REFERENCE NUMBER: BXX-5311/18/05LT BATCH NUMBER:
PIP3350Z with serial number 200018 drew the lucky numbers 70,78,80,84
88,and consequently won our e-business bonanza (2005) lottery draw.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of US$1,200,000.00 in cash, which is the winning
payout for First category winners. This is from the total
prize money of US$8,400,000.00 shared among the seven winners in the
First category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Due to the mixup that may arise from
emails of winners and numbers,we ask that you keep this award strictly
from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by the public.We hope with a part of your
prize,Year Lottery.To begin your claim,contact our claims Agent.
MR.GIYANI CHELETTE.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER/CLAIMS MANAGER
CENTURION TRUST HOLDINGS LIMITED.
EMAIL:centrustholdingsltd@zwallet.com
PHONE:+277 3962 7187.
For due processing and remittance of your prize money,
you must contact the claims dept on or before the
30th of Sept,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 provided below in every one of your
correspondences to the claims dept.
REFERENCE NUMBER: BXX-5311/18/05LT
BATCH NUMBER: PIP3350Z
Also to begin your Claim,send to your claims agent the
following information.
1) BATCH AND REFFERENCE NUMBERS
2) FULL NAMES
3) MAILING ADDRESS
4) PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
5) AGE
6) AMOUNT WON.
7)NATIONALITY
8) I.D NUMBER OR DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER.
9) OCCUPATION
Congratulations once again from all our staff.
Sincerely,
Mrs.Elizabeth Von Willoch.
Awards Manager,
Cardinal Electronic Lottery Inc.
South Africa.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners can result to double claim,as such you could be disqualified.
Do not reply to this mail box ensure to contact your claims
agent immediately either by email or telephone as stated above
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