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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: "Paul Nelson" <pn2blue@hotmail.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 20:32:44 +0000
Subject: E-GAMES PROMOTIONS
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTION MANAGER
POWERBALL LOTTERY E-GAMES PROMOTIONS
Bevan House
51 Bevan Avenue
Conwy LL28 5AF
United Kingdom
Ref No: PB/EGP/60961/OV
Dear Promotions Prize Winner,
RE: ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!
POWERBALL LOTTERY annouced the set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM to encourage the use of Internet for lottery Games.
In line with this a bonus award e-based promotions,drawn across the globe using the novel computerised email ballot selecting system was held on the 1st of september 2006 and we are therefore, very pleased to inform you on the emergence of winners in the POWERBALL LOTTERY E-GAMES PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM.
We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky promotional prize winners. Your email ID identified with coupon No. PBL2348974321 and was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game.
Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies. You have won a promotional cash prize of GB 2,714,000.00 (Two million,seven hundred and fourteen thousand Bitish pounds sterlings) credited to Reference Numbers PB/EGP/60961/OV.
The POWERBALL LOTTERY Group. has approved a payout of your promotional cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you,and your cash prize has been deposited under a suspense account by the official Payment Agency Board.
The Claims Depertment of our Due Process Unit (DPU) will render to you complete assistance and provide additional information and processes for the claims of your cash prize.
For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the INTERCOPE FINANCE GROUP Information Officer, Mr Paul nelson (who has been assigned as your claims officer) with the contact information below:
Contact E-mail:pn2blue@hotmail.co.uk
TEL: +44 7766893028
FAX: +44 2081816759
Mr. Paul Nelson
To facilitate the claims of your winings you are advised to contact Mr. Paul Nelson with the following information:
Name:
Address:
Occupation:
Nationality:
Age:
Tel:
Fax:
Ref Number:
Once again congratulations from all our staff on your promotional prize winning.We hope you will partake in our forth coming POWERBALL E-LOTTERY JACKPOT.
Regards,
Patricia Riley (Mrs).
(Group Coordinator)
N.B
In accordance with the POWERBALL LOTTERY -wheel E-games policy and regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only the 45 lucky promotional prize Winners. This notification also contains information that is proprietary, privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure.
If you are not the right recipient whose email address attached to the lucky numbers along with the winning information=E2=80=99s you are not authorized to read, print,retain, copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.
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