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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: "janet freiburg" <janet5@aime.fr>
Reply-To: perfomancecons71@excite.com
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 03:24:21 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!
E-LOTTERY WINNER
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Ref: ITTL/34117HPG/GRCC
Draw No.: 2245
Category: 2D
Winning Number: 05 32 44 45 50 01 07
Batch Number: ATP/44863214257/3445328/563
Date: 25th May, 2006
WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!
We happily announce to you the draws of the Jackpot Promotional
Lottery
Program sponsored by European Lotteries and held in The United Kingdom
on the 17th March, 2006 in which you and five (5) provisional winners
were selected as winners under draw No. 2245.
Due to mix up in some numbers and names the results of the draw were
withheld and released today. For the purpose of security you are
therefore strongly advised to keep this award notification secret from
public notice until your claim has been processed and your prize money
paid as this is part of our security protocol to avoid duplicity of
claims or misuse of this program by miscreants and hackers. Thus, your
prize award winning is confidential as our winners are at liberty to
remain completely anonymous until payment is effected to the benefit
of
the beneficiary. Our staffs are sworn to secrecy, so you will be the
only
one to know what you have won.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 08-04-33-38-BL-AU drew
the lucky numbers: 05 32 44 45 50 01 07, which subsequently won you
the
lottery in Category 2D. All participants were selected randomly
through
computer ballot draw system and from 850,000 individuals and Company
as
part of our international promotions program conducted annually to
encourage prospective overseas entries. You have therefore been
granted
provisional approval to claim a total sum of £650,100.00 (Six Hundred
and Fifty Thousand, One Hundred Pounds only) as your winning prize.
This is
from a total prize pool of £36,196,725.00 . All prize winnings are
paid
by cash. NO PRIZES WILL BE
REISSUED AFTER THE 28TH OF June, 2006. For lucky winners, it is our
standard practices to allocate accredited claims agents for the
processing of claim application and payment of prize winnings to the
benefit of
beneficiaries after all modalities have been completed satisfactorily.
To begin your claims therefore, you are advised on final notice and as
a matter of urgency, to contact our licensed and accredited claim
agent
for Overseas Lucky Winners for the processing of your prize awards
winning and payment after all statutory obligations have been
concluded
satisfactorily.
Contact the under-listed institution by phone, fax or email for your
application to be submitted and processed for payment thus:
CONTACT
Â
MR. JACK WALLAS,
PERFORMANCE CONSULTING LIMITED,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
Fax: +44-8701209342
Email: perfomancecons71@excite.com
In line with this, your £650,100.00 will be paid to you upon
confirmation and clarification by our claims agent who will
immediately commence
the process to facilitate the release of your winnings as soon as you
contact him. Do please quote your Draw, Reference and Winning numbers
in
any correspondence with our designated agent. Also include your
telephone number(s) when contacting the agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program
and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely yours,
Janet Freiburg (Ms.)
Results Coordinator.
Website: www.virtualworlddirect.com
N.B. Should there be any changes in address do inform our agent as
soon
as possible. Do not send your response to this e-mail account. Anybody
under theage of 18 is automatically disqualified.
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are considered Strictly Confidential and therefore Legally Protected.
This information is intended solely for the use of the addressee.
Access
to this message by anyone else is expressly unauthorized.
If you are not the intended and named recipient of this transmission,
any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or omitted or
action to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited, unadvised and may
be
unlawful. Please immediately contact the sender if you have received
this
message in error.
Thank you.
Janet Freiburg.
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