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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: "Lottery Winners Notification" <lotteryalertee2006@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 03:05:02 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!
The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL
United Kingdom.
Ref: XYL /26510460037/05
Batch: 24/00319/IPDWINNING NOTIFICATION:We happily announce to you the draw (#1017) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on January 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545188 with Ref number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers: 12-47-84-21-37-83which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £800.000(Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterlings) in cash credited to file XYL /26510460037/05.
This is from a total cash prize of £100,000,000 ( One hundred Million Pounds Sterlings) shared amongst the (10) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,associatons and corporate bodies that are listed online.
This promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £800.000(Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterlings)would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.Please be warned.To file for your claim kindly fill this Verification form correctly and send it to the fiduciary department agent for instant paymentFiduciary Agent: Dr.Albert C.KooleyEmail:agentalbert_ck@yahoo.ieBertron Hill Online Co-ordinator for U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program.
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