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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: UK LOTTERY OFFICE <webnotification06@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 04:07:17 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YOU WON
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD
HOME OFFICE: 165 FULHAM PALACE RD. W6
8JB
UNITED KINGDOM.
(Customer Services)
REFERENCE NUMBER:
UK/839030X2/14
BATCH NUMBER:065/088/XY24
TICKET NUMBER:023-1111-790-458
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the Draw 1467 of the NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on
30th of September 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number:023-1111-790-458 with Serial number 5073-12 drew the lucky
numbers:05-
11-12-16-17-45-42 ,and a bonus number of 24 this lucky number
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.(bonus no. 42) .
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 3Million
Pounds Sterlings{Three Million Pounds Sterlings}in cash credited to
file
KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of 27 Million Poumds
shared amongst the (9) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus
bonus.
This year's Lottery Program Jackpot is the 5th largest ever in the
history o f Europe Sweepstakes.
Allparticipants 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. Please note that your lucky
winning number falls within our European booklet representative office
in
Europe as indicated in your playcoupon. In view of this, your 4,321,368
would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever
manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid touble claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.To file for your
claim, please contact our fiduciary
FIDUCIARY AGENT:
Michael Taylor(Mr)
Email:webnotification03@yahoo.co.uk
___________________________
Date.
Regards,
Richard Lloyds
Online Co-ordinator.
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