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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: "luckystarpromo@mail2world.com" <luckystarpromo@mail2world.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 06:01:55 +0700
Subject: AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION
FROM: LUCKYSTAR E-GAMES
WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER
RE: AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION
Dear Consolation Prize Winner,
NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING
This email confirms that you have been notified of by LUCKYSTAR E-GAMES Bv
Netherlands of your email lottery winning for 2005 LuckyStar Lotto-Wheel
E-Games held on Nov 2005.
We wish to congratulate you on the selection of your email Ref number which
was selected among the 45 Lucky consolation prize winners. Your email ID
identified with REF: 35149/337-5247/LMO and was selected by Electronic
Random selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email
addresses enrolled for the Lotto-Wheel E-Games. Your email ID included among
the 50,000 different email addresses where submitted by our partner
international email provider companies.
Ref Number: 35149/337-5247/LMO
Batch Number: 2637/2312-LNI/2005
Ticket Number: 967666233
Lucky Amount: 1.500, 000.00(0ne million five hundred thousand Euros only)
You are required to file claims for your lottery prize winning by
contacting the lottery claims Processing Officer with your winning
information provided above.
Lottery Claims Officer:
Name: Van Der Velder
Email: claimsdirector@atmail.nl
Tel: +31-649-218-888
Fax: +31-847-520-740
Congratulations Once again from all our staffs on your consolation prize
winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming LUCKYSTAR E-GAMES.
Yours truly,
Mrs.Sara Borsch
(Lottery Coordinator)
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