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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: kelvin izuchukwu <lordomeniga@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:56:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONGRATULATION OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSAL LOTTERY AWARD
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSAL LOTTERY
Date:23 -7-2005
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 10th of
NOVEMBER 2005 from the International Lottery programme. Which is fully
based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses
Your name was attached to ticket number;
47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the
lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which consequently
won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a
lump sum pay of US$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION DOLLARS) in cash credit
file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of US$24,000,000.00
shared among twenty four lucky winners in this category. All participant
were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form Nine
hundred thousand E-mail addresses fromCanada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually.This Lottery
was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base. Further
more your details(e-mail address) falls within our EUROPE AND AFRICAN,
representative office in EUROPE as indicated in your play coupon and
your prize of US$1,000,000.00 will be released to you from this regional
branchoffice in EUROPE OR AFRICAN We hope with part of your prize, you
will
participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international draw.HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE Simply contact our financial agent,Dr
AHMED AVELINA
at ahmed_avelina@yahoo.com to file for your claim . Please quote your
reference, batch and winning
number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification
as well as your full name, address and telephone/fax numbers to help
locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to
keep
this information confidential from the public until your claim is
processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this
programme by
non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be
claimed by the 30th of NOVEMBER
2005, otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually
donated to charity Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!Best
Regards Williams(coordinator) PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT
YOUR CLAIMSAGENT:ahmed_avelina@yahoo.com ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY
ON THE PART OF
THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION. WINNERS BELOW THE AGES OF
EIGHTEEN (18)YEARS WILL AUTOMATICALLY DISQULIFIED
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