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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: "Maria Van Boer" <royalamsterlotto2@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 12:55:17 +0000
Subject: ROYAL AMSTER LOTTERY WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROYAL AMSTER LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM
BERGNNA-STRAAT N° 21
267890 AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS.
FROM: THE DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION DEPT.
SECURITY FILE NO:DL/678921/C11.
REF: ICL/4245678609/LMR.
BATCH: ML/91663/BAN.
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today
17th of September 2005, of winners of the ROYAL AMSTER LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTION PROGRAMS held on June,2005.
Your email address attached to ticket number 023-56678230954, drew the
lucky numbers 7-14-21-42-49-59, batch number ML/91663/BAN.
and consequently won the lottery in the 1st category.
You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out
of EURO 1,200.000.00 (One Million two Hundred Thousand Euro) in credited to
file Lottery Reference number
ICL/4245678609/LMR. This is from total prize money of
Euro 120,000,000.00 shared among the 10
international winners in categories C with security file
number:IL/FLW/12-C036789192.All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn form
45,000 company email addresses and 80,000,000
individual email addresses from Australia, Africa, New
Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as
part of International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now in custody of a
financial Security company insured in your FILE
REFERENCE. 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.
This lottery program was promoted by our group
of philanthropist and Dutch Royal family here in Netherlands. We hope
with a part of you prize, you Will participate in our end of
year high stakes EURO 25,000,000.00 million International
Lottery.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary
Agent: Mr. Hans Becker
Phone: +31-641288961.
Fax: +31-84-755-2015
Email: hanbeckernl@fastermail.com
Please be aware that your Paying Authority will Effect
Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report,
verifications and validation provided by our
processing Agent; that would be designated to your
file. For due processing and remittance of your
winning prize to your designated account of your
choice. Be informed that all prize money must be
claimed not later than 1st of October 2005. After this
date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, you are to contact Mr.Hans Becker
with followings details below:
1. Your full names, telephone, contact address and
2. quote your reference/batch numbers in any
correspondences with us or our designated agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible. Congratulations once again from our team of
staff and thank you for being part of our promotional
Program.
Yours sincerely,
Ms,Mary Van Boer
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification
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