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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: "Mrs.Tina Forrester" <camelotpromos5@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 03:12:21 +0000
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
406 Bury New Rd.,
Whitefield,
Manchester M45 7SX
U.K.
Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the selected winners of the
Camelot Lottery Promos held on 10th of September 2005. Your email address
attached to your ticket number 9901-0148-790-691, 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
fileREF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312 BatchNo. 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 AGENT:
MR. DUNCAN RICHARDS
Email:camelotclaimsoffice2005@uk2.net
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. Sex..........................................
6. OCCUPATION:..................................
7. PHONE.......................................
8. 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
aconglomeration of other international IT companies. The Camelot
LOTTERYinternet 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 three Million Euros are won annually in more than 150
Countries worldwide.
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