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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: winnings_lottery@sify.com
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 22:58:26 +0500 (IST)
Subject: WINNINGS NOTIFICATION!!!
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
London, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services) 5-July-2006
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/06/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#438) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 1
July
2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 18-28-33-37-39-42 (bonus
no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e.
match 5bonus
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£105,963.00
(One Hundred and Five Thousand, Nine hundred and sixty Three Pounds
Sterling Only) in cash/check credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £635,778.00 Shared amongst the
first six lucky winners in this category i.e. Prize for six balls.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from a
World Wide Web sites through a computer draw system and extracted from
over 1,000,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are
listed online. This promotion takes place Periodically.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our UK booklet
representative office .In view of this, your claims of £105,963.00
(One Hundred and Five Thousand, Nine hundred and sixty Three Pounds
Sterling Only) would be released to you by any of our payment offices
in UK
Our UK agent will immediately commnce the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to
you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr.Keith Wakefield
Email: keithwakefield_claims@yahoo.co.uk
Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Brian Hunt
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,
Sweepstakes International Program.
Open 7 days 8am-8pm
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