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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "FREE LOTTERY PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL" <freelottery@promotionprizeawarddept.com>
Reply-To: mrsvictoriajohnson@jmail.co.za
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:51:24 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION/ PROCESSING ADVISE
FREE LOTTERY PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
9 Chaucer House
Churchill gardens
London, SW1V 3DW
United Kingdom.
WINNING NOTIFICATION..........CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT
INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the 4th may, 2005.
Due to the mix up of numbers,the results were released on the 14th of
September, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 4156189324
under agent ID: 110 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd
category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of 1,000,000.00GBP
(Great Britain Pounds) in cheque drawn in your favour as beneficiary and
covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money
remitted to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users
from over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world.
To begin your lottery claim, please contact our agent below that have been
appointed for the processing of your claim with the email address below:
CONTACT NAME: John Gerrard
CITY/ COUNTRY: London, United Kingdom.
TELE:0044-7031846696
EMAIL: lotteryagentinc@cooperation.net
Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 10days of receiving
this notification. After this date all unclaimed, funds will be included in
the next stake.Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your WINNING NUMBER and AGENT UMBER
in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our
members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs Victoria Johnson
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Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.
This E-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use
of the individual or ntity to which it is addressed and may contain
Information that is privileged, proprietary, onfidential and exempted from
disclosure.If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any
dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly
prohibited.
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