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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: UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY <online_ukclaimsagent@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:16:00 +0100
Subject: NOTIFICATION.....{YOU JUST WON}
UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY {WINNING NOTIFICATION}
THE UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref No: UK/9420X2/68
Batch No: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#1106) of the UK INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Sat 29th
July, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545
188 with Serial number 5368/06 drew the lucky numbers: 04-05-16-19-21-49
(bonus no.20), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category i.e match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of £500,000 (Five hundred thousand pounds sterling)
in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £9,500,000 shared amongst the (19)
lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus. 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. Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your
play coupon. In view of this, your £500,000 (Five hundred thousand pounds sterling)
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 yourclaims 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 double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
To file for your claim, please contact our Fiduciary Agent:
Name: Mr. Louis Roy
Official Email: onlineuk_claimsagent@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44-703 192 5439
Fax: +44-870 319 1785
NOTE: The lucky numbers are the lotto numbers.
Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Richard K. Lloyd
Online coordinator for THE UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
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