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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: mavis cook <smith_williams967@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:48:49 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!
E LUCKYSTAR E-GAMES
Dear Consolation Prize Winner,
NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE
WINNING
This email confirms that you have been notified of by the DE LUCKYSTAR E-GAMES
LOTTO BV DE Netherlands of your email.
Lottery winning for 2006 LUCKYSTAR LOTTO -Wheel E-game held on 30th July 2006.
We wish to congratulate you on the selection of your email coupon number, which was
selected among the 45 lucky consolation prize winners. Your email ID identified
with Coupon No.NL132478 and was selected by Electronic Random Selection System
(ERSS)
With entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the Lotto-Wheel
E-game. Your email ID included among the 50,000 different email addresses where
submitted by our partner international email provider companies.
Ref Number: 35149/337-5247/LNI
Lottery Group: Consolation Prize Group
Prize Amount: 1.500,000 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Euro Only)
You are required to file claims for your lottery prize winning by contacting the
Lottery Claims Processing Officer with your winning information provided above
before 14 working days.
Lottery Claims Officer:
Name: Mr. Van Dirk
Email:finance_director967@myway.com
Tel: +31644911685 or 0031644911685
Fax: 0031-847-520-740 or +31-847-520-740
Congratulations once again from all our staffs on your consolation prize winning,
we hope you will partake in our forth coming DE LUCKYSTAR E-GAMES.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Mavis Cook
(Lottery Coordinator)
NB: all response should be mail to: finance_director967@myway.com
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