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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" <greenlandspromolotto@msn.com>
Reply-To: greenlands@fastermail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 10:57:04 +0000
Subject: ONLINE 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,18th of November,
2005 of winners of the GREENLANDS
LOTTO/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 1st of August 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 GBP£2,500,000.00 (Two Million Five
Hundred thousand British Pounds) in cash credited to file REF
NO. REF: MCL/FLW/12-A782881207.This is from total prize money of
GBP£15,500,000.00 (Fifteen million British Pounds) shared among
the nine international winners in the various categories. 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 is biennially conducted.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 high stake of
GBP£20 Million International lotto that comes up every ten years.To
begin your claim, please contact your claims officer immediately:
MR. FRANK PAYNE.
Email: frankpayne010@yahoo.com,
frankpayne01@representative.com
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. FRANK PAYNE by email and should have
this email sent along with it and importantly your email
address to which this email was 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 all your
correspondences with your Claims agent. 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
ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR.
GREENLANDS LOTTO,UK.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
automatic disqualification.
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