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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: "Uk Lottery!" <uklotery_agent@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 23:18:19 +0000
Subject: ATTN: PLEASE CHECK YOUR WINNING
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE6 1HX England(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATIONWe happily announce to you the draw (#974) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 18th of June, 2005. It is yet to be claimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 3, 18, 25,29, 31, 43(bonus ball 23), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 6 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,008 (Five hundred thousand and Eight pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize shared amongst the(8)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 7 plus bonus. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.
The United Kingdom (U.K),as taken this programme as a challenge to reach pass the height of the American Visa Lottery.,If the American Online Visa Lottery has helped so many,The Uk National Lottery has commence to help more "Even RANDOMLY".
Your winning number falls within our European booklet. In view of this, your £500,008 (Five hundred thousand and Eight pounds sterling) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
Only two out of five winners collected their winnings for our 2004 Online Sweepstake Lottery!,the other three email owners were never found we took it as an insult. Otherwise,the email addresses we selected have no owners.We therefore add their winnings to this years to make 8 winners.It has been brought to our notice that some person or group of persons are trying to frame up this programme by using this programme as a medium to get to people.Please be aware!!! Feel free to ask questions on how you can know illegal mails: questions@lotterywinner.co.uk .
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Name: Pedro Santarino
Official Email: p_santarino@lotterywinner.co.ukEndeavour to email him your full names,winning numbers,email address,telephone and fax numbers immediately.
You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/prizes/prizeAction.do
Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Darryn Clarke(Mrs)
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
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