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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: Scooplotto <broodherman@excite.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:33:14 GMT
Subject: You won!
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SCOOP LOTTO
RE: 10 Years Anniversary Awards!
You are a winner,
We are celebrating our tenth anniversary this year and to mark this special occasion we are launching our first international program, The 10 Years Anniversary Awards! To celebrate Scoop Lotto is giving ten people from all over the world the chance to win Ten million Dollars. We intend to raffle out ten million dollars this year with our 10 Years Anniversary Awards program. We are running a program where instead of bought tickets and numbers in the ballots we have email addresses.
>From the results of the 10 Years Anniversary Awards draw that took place on the 15TH of June 2006. Your E-mail address has come up as one of the winners; you have therefore won the sum of One Million United States Dollars (US $1,000,000, 00). This is from a total cash prize of Ten Million United States Dollars (USD$10,000,000.00) shared amongst Ten Lucky Winners in the Category A+.
WITH THIS WE SAY CONGRATULATION$.
This is an independent promotion, no purchase necessary. Any entries without valid collection numbers will be declared void. Claimants displaying conducts considered improper when replying will ignored and disqualified. All requirements must be provided.
All winnings must be claimed not later than the 7TH of July 2006. After this date all unclaimed prizes will be declared void. Claimants must be over 21years. All entries must adhere to the 10 Years Anniversary Awards eligibility/Terms and conditions stated in our official Terms and conditions. You will receive the Terms and conditions when you file for your claim.
This program is strictly for international participants and all Dutch residents are exempt from participation.
NOTE: Being that you were selected via your email address and to avoid double claims and also taking into consideration the amount in question, your winnings must be legalized in the Netherlands High court (The Hague) and a certificate of award must be obtained from the National Certification Board to complete the claims process, this process can only be completed through legal representation, so you will be referred to a lawyer to assist you. This is an independent lawyer acting as a referee giving you maximum representation. The legalization is essential to create a legal link between you and your email address. You are responsible for the legal charges.
For future verification purposes, when replying provide the following:
Name:
Nationality:
Country of residence:
Tel number:
To file for your claim, contact your processing agent
Mr. Herman Brood.
Email: her_brod@excite.com
You are to quote your winning reference number when replying.
REF Number: AXE/ TIV/2929/NL
BATCH No: AMR/ 5258/06-KRS
Finally, we call on you to make sure that you save a copy of this mail because you might be called upon to produce it at anytime and do note your reference numbers clearly as stated for we will not be held responsible should there be any complications in this transaction due to negligence on your part.
Congratulations once more from all of us at Scoop Lotto and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Management.
Scoop Lotto.
NOTICE: You have received this message from Scoop Lotto prize dept. because you have visited one of our sponsored sites and have voluntarily given your email address to receive mails from their sponsors. If you wish to be taken out of this list do not reply to this mail, reply to the agent with the words remove. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print or copy any part of this message. If you believe you have received this message in error, please delete it and all copies of it from your system and notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail. Thank you.
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