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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: "Greenlandslotto Greenlandslotto" <greenlandslotto@msn.com>
Reply-To: roseradisic@msn.com
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 14:34:24 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION
GREENLANDS LOTTO,UK
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF:MCL/FLW/12-A782881207
ATTN:AWARD WINNER AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,29th of September,
2005,of winners of the end of year GREENLANDS LOTTO/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
held on 25thof October 2005.You/your company, attached to ticket number
013-2316-2003-477, with serial number A025-09 drew the lucky numbers
37-13-34-85-56-42, and consequently won in category C. You have therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$10,500,000.00 in cash credited to
file REF NO. REF: MCL/FLW/12-A782881207.This is from total prize money of
US$35,500,000.00 shared among the fifteen international winners in the
category C. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system
drawn from 30,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia, Europe,
Africa, USA and North America as part of our International Promotions
Program, which will subsequently be conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Your fund is now deposited with a Finance and Security House and insured in
your name. 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.We hope, with a part of
your prize, you will participate in our quarterly high stakes US$1.3 Billion
International lotto.To begin your claim, please contact your claims officer
immediately:
MR.JAMES McCOY,
Email:james_coy@representative.com
Tel:447031906431,
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.
Remember, you must contact your claims officer not later than five working
days on the receipt of
this notification.After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
All correspondences should be sent to Mr. James McCoy,by email and should
have this email sent along with it and also, your email address to which
this email is sent, should be clearly and boldly written in your response.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences
with your officer. And all inquiries should go to him, do not bother to send
requests to GREENLANDS LOTTO,UK.Furthermore, should there be any change of
your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotions program.
Sincerely,
MRS ROSE RADISIC
THE DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS
GREENLANDS LOTTO,UK.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
automatic
disqualification.
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