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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: "Tessy Williams" <tessy_notice@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:45:04 +0000
Subject: Re:
--Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake LotteryHeadquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex Western Australia Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914 Ref: EAASL/941OYI/04 Batch: 12/27/Du34 WINNING NOTIFICATION: We happily announce to you the draw of the Australia Sweepstake Lottery International programme held on the 22nd of july 2005 in Australia sydney . Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses. Your e-mail address was attached to ticket code number: 533 9343477 L22 , serial number 9921137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-15-44-37-52 bonus number 16 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 4th category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00 (Eighty Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) via a certified Bank draft, credited to file KPC/9080118308/02. This is from a total cash prize of US$10,000.000.00 Dollars, shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category. Please note that your lucky winning numbers falls within our European representative office in London,Uk, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$820,000.00 will be released into your account from the regional branch office in Uk. All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. This promotion takes place annually and it is sponsored by Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft and his associates to encourage the use of internet and computers world wide.We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning informations confidential till your claims is processed and your payment is transfered into your nominated bank account. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous people. Please be warned. To file for your claim and avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact our pay-point fiducial agency, contact informations is as follows: Name: Douglas White E-mail f_agency_white@yahoo.co.uk Tel 44 7031914397 Fax 44870 478 7332 Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found at the bottom right corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number 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 30th Nov 2005, otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity. Congratulations, once more from all members and staffs of this program.Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program. Our special thanks and gratitude to Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of microsoft and all his associates. Best Regards Dr (Ms) Tessy Williams (Lottery Coordinator) Ref: 7465062241 Batch: 8654490902/91 Lucky No: 5-15-44-37-52, Bonus No:16 PLEASE DO NOT REPLY THIS MAIL, CONTACT OUR FIDUCIAL AGENT FOR YOUR CLAIM.
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