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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: johnson williams <agentjohnson_williams@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 10:57:36 +0100 (BST)
Subject: ATTENTION..........
ATTENTION: Eberhardt Gaertstein,
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative office in Amsterdam, Holland, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £250,000 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING) will be released to you from this regional branch office in LONDON We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for £1.3 Billion international draw
Congratulations once again.
MR JOHNSON WILLIAMS
Onlinecoordinator for uk
NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Sweeptakes International
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