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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: Dennis Willems <deniwillems@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 13:24:36 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: UNCLAIM PRIZE
GOLDMINE NETHERLANDS
SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY
St Maarten 45V,
4426 AS AMSTERDAM,
HOLLAND
2006 EMAIL BALLOTING
GOLDMINE HOLLAND NETHERLANDS
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTION MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF NO: BTL/4910X1/04
BATCH NO: 12/25/0304
AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE
GOLDMINE HOLLAND NETHERLANDS Lottery wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by the NETHERLANDS held on 11/02/2006. Your email address was attached to ticket number 56475600545-188, with serial number 5388/02, drew with lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently Won the lottery in the (A) category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses.You have therefore been approved a lump sum of ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS(1.2 MILLION DOLLARS).
Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoiddouble claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program, For the
release of your winning, kindly contact your claims agent:
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THE CLAIMS AGENTS!!
Prize Remittance Dept,
MRS.MARIANA LAZO.
(Claims Manager).
EMAIL: mrsmarianalazo07@yahoo.com
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Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
Release of your funds as soon as you contact him and you are to quote your lucky number for confirmation on your winning in every
correspondences with claims agent. All winning must be claimed not
later than 11/30/2006. After this date all unclaimed funds
will be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed.Furthermore, should there be any Change of your address; do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations!! again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Yours faithfully,
WILLIAMS
Zonal Co-ordinator
(Promotions Manager)
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