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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: ukluckyp_draws2005@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:07:01 +0200
Subject: lottoplus promotional draws 2005 lucky winner


THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR
BRITISH LOTTO PLUS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

Dear Prize Winner,
BRITISH LOTTO PLUS, wishes to inform you of the results of its Promotional draws
held on the 5TH of November 2005 as part of our end of year bonanza. We are happy
to officially inform you that you have emerged a winner under our Third Category
Draws.Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 50,000
names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,
Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our International
Promotional Program.

You have consequently been awarded a lump sum pay out of £2,200,000.00 (Two Million
Two Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) in cash, which is the winning payout for
Third Category winners. This is from the total prize money of £11,000,000.00 shared
between 5 international winners in the category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with ALPHA BETA FINANCE,insured in your name. In your best
interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that
you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process
of transfering your claims has been completed. This is part of our security protocol
to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/non participants
of this program.

The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Winning Numbers: 10, 13, 30, 39, 42, 43, (36)
(ii) Ticket Number: 44-8201-093
(iii) File Reference Number: BLP20-147-11
(iv) Lotto Batch Number: A14736

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your
choice, please contact your claims agent immediately. Find below all contact details;

MR. WALTER SMITH,
FOREIGN SECTION MANAGER,
ALPHA BETA FINANCE.
PHONE: +44-70-4012-4052
FAX: +44-20-7504-8763
Email: wsmith_alf@hotmail.com

Remember, you must contact your claims agent not later than two weeks from the date
you received this email. After this date, all funds will be returned back as unclaimed.
For easy reference and identification, your lotto payment order details stated above
must be provided to your claims agent.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotions program.


Sincerely,
GARY PHILIP,
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
BRITISH LOTTO PLUS.
8 CHANCEL ST.
LONDON, SE1 0UX
Phone: +44-70-4012-4049
Fax: +44-20-8181-7964

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.
Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent Mr. Walter Smith as specified
above. (TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY)
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