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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: "combi play" <combiplayinfo1@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 17:28:48 +0000
Subject: AWARD PRIZE NOTIFICATION!!
COMBIPLAY LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
COMBIPLAY LOTTERY-WHEEL E-GAME 2005
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM
ADMIRAALSTRAAT 104 1053 GW
AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS
FROM:THE DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION DEPT.
REF: CMBNL/4240039609/RFE
BATCH: CMP/12863/XZ
ATTN:WINNER,
AWARD PRIZE NOTIFICATION!!
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COMBIPLAY LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL Netherlands;international lotto e-game
organizers and sponsors,officially notify you of the final draw result of
the COMBIPLAY LOTTERY - Wheel E-game draw held on 19th Sept,2005. All draws
where conducted at our international corporate office complex in The
Netherlands.We wish to congratulate you on the selection of your email
coupon number which was selected among the 10 lucky consolation prize
winners.Your email ID identity was entered as dependent clients
with:Reference Number:FYL/BG772045/SY02,and Batch Number CBP/204861/HLP and
Security File Number CMBPL00018970/07.Your email address attached to the
ticket number:00009/XXPL and was selected by Electronic Random Selection
System (ERSS)with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled
for the Combiplay Lottery-Wheel E-game.Your email ID included among the
50,000 different email addresses where submitted by our partner
international email provider companies.
You have won a consolation cash prize of €500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand
Euros Only).You have been approved for a payment of 500,000.00euros (FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS.)in cash credited to file reference
number:CMBNL/6411059620/BG2.This is from a total cash prize of (FIVE MILLION
EUROS) Shared among the ten international winners in second categories.The
payout of your consolation cash prize will be remunerated directly to you
by the official Payment Agency Board upon your preferred option.Our DUE
PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render you complete assistance and provide
additional informations and processes for the claims of your consultation
prize.
For more informations on how to claim your prize,please contact the DPU
Information Officer:
MR.ROLAND BOSMAN.
COMBIPLAY LOTTERY SECURITY AGENCY,
DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU).
Tel:+31-626-248-172.
FAX:+31-847-306-332.
Email: combiplayagent@netscape.net
Note that winnings must be claimed not latter than 5th
Oct.2005.Congratulations once again from all our staffs on your consolation
prize winning,{COMBIPLAY LOTTERY}.
Regards,
Mrs.Veronica Van Basten,
(Lottery Coordinator)
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NB: In accordance with the COMBIPLAY LOTTERY -WHEEL E-GAMES policy and
regulations,this notification is dispatched directly to only the 10 lucky
consolation prize Winners.This notification also contains information that
is proprietary,privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from
disclosure.If you are not the right recipient whose email address attached
to the lucky numbers along with the winning information as you are not
authorized to read,print,retain,copy or disseminate this notice or any part
of it.
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