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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: "Greenlands Lotto" <roseradisic01@msn.com>
Reply-To: green_lands@fastermail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:34:17 +0000
Subject: END OF YEAR WINNER !!!
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,25th 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 B. You have therefore been approved for a lump
sum pay out of GBP£10,500,000.00 (Ten 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£35,000,000.00 (Thirty-Five 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 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£200 Million International lotto that comes up every ten
years.To begin your claim, please contact your claims officer immediately:
MR. FRANK PAYNE.
Email: frankpayne01@representative.com
franklynpayne010@yahoo.co.uk
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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