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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: "UKCHOICE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY" <goldenamor08@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: bthrufinltd@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 03:21:02 -0500
Subject: +++You have won in the united Kingdom lotto draws+++
Dear Sir/Madam,
NOTIFICATION OF YOUR EMAIL LOTTO WINNING:
We are pleased to inform you from UKCHIOCE ELECTRONIC LOTTERY INC.of the
announcement
today,thursday the 14th Sept,2006 as one of the lucky winners of our lottery
draws, held on
Sunday the 9th Of Sept,2006 as part of our E-business promotional draws.
Participants in the
draws were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000
email addresses of
dividuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe,
Middle East, as part of
our electronic business Promotions.
You qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various websites we
are running the
Electronic-business promotions on.Your email address, attached with
REFERENCE NUMBER:
ZMA=424X-23P1-MNG, BATCH NUMBER: QN45-RSA with serial number 491-12 drew the
lucky numbers 14,19,
35, 29, 34,12, 49, and consequently won the 2006 third quarter draw.You have
therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of £2,500,000 in cash, which is the
winning payout for First
category winners. This is from the total prize money of £66,500,000.00
shared among the seven
winners in the First category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your winnings should be claimed from our paying Agents. ( BREAKTHRU
FINANCE/SECURITIES LTD.)As we
have notified them of this. Due to the mix up that may arise from emails of
winners and
numbers,we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until
your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by members of the public. We hope with a part
of your prize,you
will
participate in our end of year high stakes £1.1 billion International
Lottery.To begin your
claim, please contact our paying agent immediately:During office
hours:8am-6pm(GMT)
MR.THOMAS DUCAN
MANAGER BROKERAGE SERVICE
BREAKTHRU FINANCE/SECURITIES LTD.
Email:bthrufinltd@yahoo.com.hk
TEL: +44-7031901975
For due processing and remittance of your prize money.Remember you must
contact your claims agent
not later than the 27th Of Sept.2006 after this date, your funds will be
returned as nclaimed.
To begin your Claim send to your claims agent the following information by
email.
1) YOUR BATCH AND REFFERENCE NUMBERS
2) YOUR FULL NAMES AND AGE
3) YOUR ADDRESS
4) COPY OF ANY IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT OF YOURS.
5) CONTACT TELEPHONE, MOBILE PHONE NUMBER AND FAX NUMBER
Congratulations once again from all our staff.
Sincerely,
MRS.CYNTHIA RIONEY
THE LOTTO AWARDS MANAGER,
CHIOCEUK LOTTERY INC.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.This is to avoid any incidence of double claim.
_________________________________________________________________
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