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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: "luckystarpromotion@mail2world.com" <luckystarpromotion@mail2world.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:59:33 +0100
Subject: NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING
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: Mr.Clement Hensmor
Email: director012@mail.lawguru.com
Tel: +31-649-304-846
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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