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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: "shaws_takers" <shaws_takers@terra.com.mx>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:55:49 -0600
Subject: LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION
FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTION MANAGER
SHAWSTAKERS LOTTERY, SOUTH AFRICA.
DEAR SIR/MADAM
We are pleased to inform you of our announcement today, 20th July 2006, of winners in the SHAWSTAKERS LOTTERY Promotional draw held on the 9th April 2006.Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,
America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.
You qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various
e-business website we are running on the Internet.A ticket number
100-309-7482,with serial number 111 410-887 was attached to your entry which drew the
lucky numbers 1 10 29 37 45 49 and consequently won in the second
category.You are therefore awarded a cash prize of US$900,000.00, which is the winning
payout for Second category winners.This is from the total prize money of
US$13,650,000.00 shared among several international/local winners in
the Second category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
You are to file in your claim to the director of claims department with the information below to arrange for your payout,
Mr.Ben Lawrence.
Email:ben_lawrence1@yahoo.ca
Phone:Tel:27-73766908
Ensure that you contact the claim department not later than
21 days from the day you receive this notification message.
Sincerely,
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