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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: KLIFF GERALD <fountain_seed16@yahoo.de>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:12:40 +0200
Subject: NOTICE
THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY
The Marina Offices,
upon Tyne, NE6 1HX
England
Dear Winner,
We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the
FreeLotto draw held on the JUNE 14TH 2006. All 10 winning addresses
were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international
emails.Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2
winner in this year's Annual FreeLotto Draw.
Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
5.Million pounds (five million pounds) only.The following particulars
are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i) winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) lotto code number: FL09622UK
(iv) the file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK
Due to the mix up of some numbers and email, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants
of this program.
Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for
the immediate release of your winnings:
George Cambell
Chief financial Director
The Freelotto Company
Email (georgecambell01@yahoo.co.uk)
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember,you must contact your claims officer
not later than one week from the receipt of this mail.After this date,
all funds will be returned as unclaimed.All correspondences to GEORGE
CAMBELL
by email should have this email sent along with it and also,
your email address to which this email is sent,should be clearly and
boldly written in your response.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference number in every one of your
correspondences with your officer.Furthermore,should there be any
change of your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as
possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Kliff Gerald
Promotions Manager
The Lotto company
UK & Europe.
THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY
The Marina Offices,
upon Tyne, NE6 1HX
England
Dear Winner,
We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the
FreeLotto draw held on the JUNE 14TH 2006. All 10 winning addresses
were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international
emails.Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2
winner in this year's Annual FreeLotto Draw.
Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
5.Million pounds (five million pounds) only.The following particulars
are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i) winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) lotto code number: FL09622UK
(iv) the file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK
Due to the mix up of some numbers and email, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants
of this program.
Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for
the immediate release of your winnings:
George Cambell
Chief financial Director
The Freelotto Company
Email (georgecambell01@yahoo.co.uk)
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember,you must contact your claims officer
not later than one week from the receipt of this mail.After this date,
all funds will be returned as unclaimed.All correspondences to GEORGE
CAMBELL
by email should have this email sent along with it and also,
your email address to which this email is sent,should be clearly and
boldly written in your response.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference number in every one of your
correspondences with your officer.Furthermore,should there be any
change of your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as
possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Kliff Gerald
Promotions Manager
The Lotto company
UK & Europe.
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