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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: "MRS LINDA BAKER" <mrslindabaker300@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:57:19 +0000
Subject: aWARD NOTIFICATION
Jackpot Lotteries
Ref: ITTL/34117HPG/GRCC
Draw No.: 2245Category: 2B
Winning Number: 08 15 30 31 34 43 40
Batch Number: ATP/44863214257/3445328/563
Date: 24th December, 2005
WINNING NOTIFICATION!!
We happily announce to you the draws of the Jackpot Promotional Lottery
Program sponsored by European Lotteries and held
in The United Kingdom on the 24th December, 2005 in which you and fourteen
(14) provisional winners were selected as winners under draw No. 2245.
Due to mix up in some numbers and names the results of the draw were
withheld and released today. For the purpose of security you are
therefore strongly advised to keep this award notification secret from
public notice until your claim has been processed and your prize money paid
as this is part of our security protocol to avoid duplicity of claims or
misuse of this programme by miscreants and hackers. Thus, your prize award
winning is confidential as our winners are at liberty
to remain completely anonymous until payment is effected to the benefit of
the beneficiary. Our staffs are sworn to secrecy, so you will be the
only one to know what you have won.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 08-04-33-38-BL-AU drew the
lucky numbers: 08 15 30 31 34 43 40, which subsequently won you the lottery
in
Category2B. All participants were selected randomly through computer ballot
draw system and from 150,000 individuals as part of our international
promotions
program conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries.
You have therefore been granted provisional approval to claim a total sum of
$385,000.00 (Three Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand Dollars
only)as your winning prize.
This is from a total prize pool of 3,998, 742.67 Dollars. You have the
options of being paid by certified bank draft or Personal appearance for the
collection of your prize. NO
PRIZESWILL BE REISSUED AFTER THE 6TH OF JANUARY, 2006. For lucky winners, it
is our standard practices to allocate accredited claims agents for the
processing of
claim application and payment of prize winnings to the benefit of
beneficiaries after all modalities have been completed satisfactorily.
To begin your claims therefore, you are advised on final notice and as a
matter of urgency, to contact our licensed and accredited claim agent
for Overseas Lucky Winners for the processing of your prize awards winning
and payment after all statutory obligations have been concluded
satisfactorily.
Contact the under-listed institution by phone, fax or email for your
application to be submitted and processed for payment
thus:
CONTACT:
MR. JENKINS JEREMY,
ADVENTIS CLAIMS AGENCY,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
Tel: 44- 704-010-6652
Tel: +44- 703-194-2277
Fax 44-703-040-0271
EMAILS: jenkins_jeremy_72@excite.com
EMAILS:claimsdept@adventislotteryclaimsagency.org
In line with this, your $385,000.00 Dollars will be paid to you upon
confirmation and clarification by our
claims agent who will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your winnings as soon as you contact him. Do please
quote your Draw, Reference and Winning numbers in any correspondence with
our designated agent. Also include your telephone number(s) when
contactingthe agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program, and
thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programme.
Sincerely yours,
LINDA BAKER
Results Coordinator.
website: www.jackpot.com
N.B. Should
there be any changes in address do inform our agent as soon as
possible. Do not send your response to this e-mail account. Anybody
under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
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