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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: Rosa Williams <roswllmspm@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: pbenoits@stalag13.com
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:01:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: JURIST LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, UK.
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: roswllmspm@yahoo.com
AWARD NOTIFICATION
- THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, JURIST LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, UK. Dear Winner, We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 31st July, 2006, of Winners of the JURIST PROMO LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM,draws held on 29th July, 2006. Your email address attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number 8973-20 drew the lucky numbers 09-44-44-76-27-11, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for lump sum pay out of (£1.500.000.00) One Million, five hundred thousand British Pounds in cash credited to file REF No.041238013011JLP. This is from total prize Money Of (£25.500.000.00) Twenty-Five Million, five hundred thousand British Pounds shared among the seventeen International winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer Ballot System drawn from 25,000 email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as Part of International Promotions Program, which is Conducted Annually.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming by participants of this program. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes £500 Million International Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact ( and quote your Reference and batch numbers) our Director,Claims/Remittance Department : Mr. Patrick Benoit, Email : pbenoits@stalag13.com Congratulations ! Yours faithfully, Mrs. Rosa Williams.
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