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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: "CAMELOT PROMOTIONS" <camelotuniversalpromos@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 06:04:05 +0000
Subject: PERSONAL

CAMELOT UNIVERSAL PROMOTION

406 Bury New Rd., Whitefield, Manchester M457SXU.K.



Lucky Winner;

REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312

TICKET NUMBER 9901-0148-790-691

SERIAL NUMBER 6109-17

AWARD WINNING APPROVAL: FINAL NOTICE.



We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the selected winners of the
Camelot Lottery Promos held on 3rd of November, 2005. Your email address
attached to 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 (ONE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED)US dollars Credited to file REF NO:
MELI-T/17-F044262312 Batch No. 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 Details:
Mr. Larry Bishop
Email:camelotpromoclaim@yahoo.co.uk
20 Lausanne Road London,
SW2 3JB ENGLAND.U.K
phone number:+447031964449

You 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. OCCUPATION:..................................

6. PHONE/FAX:...................................

7.COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE..........................

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.===========================================================
The Camelot Lottery Promos Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group,Toshiba, Dell computers, Mackintosh and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies. The Camelot LOTTERY
internet draws in each quarter 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 One Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 Countries worldwide.

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