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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: "mary leah" <ukleahmary@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:10:54 +0200
Subject: NOTIFICATION
MICROSOFT WINNERS PROMOTIONS
NEW GATE 21B
St. CANNON STREET, CITY OF LONDON
LONDON
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: EGS/2551256003/03
BATCH: 14/0017/IPD
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION
Be informed that you have emerged a winner of our Lottery International
Program that was drawn three days from the day of this notice. Attached to
ticket number 7,35,5,45,8 BONUS NO: 77,with serial Number 2113-05 matched
the winning numbers 7,23,5,45,8 BONUS NO: 77, and consequently won our
Stakers International lottery in the 5th category.
Approved is a lump sum of Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
($950,000.00) in cash prize accredited to file REF NO. JSL/2554259003/07
that should be released to you. This is from the total prize money of
($14,250,000.00) shared among the fifteen International winners in this
category.
Participants were selected through a referral program and winners were
picked by a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from
Australia,New Zealand, America, Asia, Europe, Africa and North America as
part our International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award
strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your
money released to you.
To begin your claim, please contact the claims department:
Mac C. Lenon
(Claims Manager)
Email (lennon_mac1@yahoo.co.uk)
Phone:+44-703-196-7409
NB: Prizes must be claimed not later than 8 working days. After these
stipulated days, all funds will be returned as unclaimed prizes and will
channeled for charity. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your winning reference batch numbers
in every one of your correspondences with the claims officer.
Congratulations and thank you for being part of our International promotions
program.
Best regards,
Mrs Mary D. Douglas
(WINNERS PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR)
_________________________________________________________________
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