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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: "Samuel Roore" <sam_powerballlottery@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:00:55 +0000
Subject: CONGRTULATIONS!!! YOU JUST WON
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BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!
BRITISH WEB LOTTERY IS
REGISTERED UNDER THE
DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).BRITISH WEB LOTTERY
P.O.Box 1010
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDONRef Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Batch Nr: PBL2348974321
Date: 11th /1/2006
Dear Consultation Prize Winner,BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS NOTICEEurope/ America private international e-games organizers and co-sponsors, BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS International,officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of the 31st DECEMBER -2005 BRITISH WEB LOTTERYWheel E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in The CROYDON.LONDON.We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky consultation prize winners.Your email ID identified with coupon No.PBL2348974321 and was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game.Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies. You have won a consultation cash prize of US $2,500,000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) The BRITISH WEB LOTTERY . have approved a payout of your consultation cash prize which will be remunerated directly toyou by the official Payment Agency Board.For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU Information Officer Mr. Thomas Brown who has been assigned to assist you, with the following information.
1.Name in full:
2.Home Address:
3.Age:
4.Occupation:
5.Phone Number:
6.Present Country:
7.Sex:Contact E-mail:claimsagent_thomasbrown@stalag13.comTel: Number +447031847147Fax Number +447092873353Officer Mr Thomas BrownOnce again congratulations from all our staffs on your consultation prize winning,we hope you will partake our forth coming BRITISH WEB LOTTERY -Wheel Email-games....................................................................................................NB:In accordance with the BRITISH WEB LOTTERY -wheel E-games policy and regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only the 45 lucky consultation prize Winners.This notification also contains information that is proprietary, privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure.
If you are not the right recipient whose email address attached to the lucky number along with the winning informations you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this notice or any partCONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Samuel Roore (Ph.D)
(Group Coordinator)
NATIONAL LOTTERY.
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