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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: "MANSOOR AHMAD" <WEBDNXIEV401@prodigy.net>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:03:37 -0800
Subject: CONTACT THE CLAIMS AGENT
BRITISH TOBACCO
MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION
Old Bond Street,
Whitefield, Manchester M457SX U.K.
Registered Charity No.QE77BT
Lucky Winner;
REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312
TICKET NUMBER 9901-0148-790-691
SERIAL NUMBER 6109-17
ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD PROMOTION;
We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the
selected winners
of the BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION held on
the first quarter
of 2007. Your email address attached to ticket number
9901-0148-790-691, with serial number 6109-17 drew the
lucky numbers
990-11-815-37-10-83; the lottery was categorized into
seven zonal
stages (Africa,North America,South America,Central
America, Europe,
Oceania and Asia). Consequently, you have won the
lottery in the 2nd
category. You have therefore been approved for a lump
sum pay out of
(ONE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED)US dollars Credited to file
REF
NO:MELI-T/17-F044262312 Batch No. 13/FFP/LDL/037.
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names from the Middle East, Asia,
Africa,Oceania,Central
America,South America, Europe and North America. All
participants in
this Lottery Program have been selected randomly
through a computer
Ballot System drawn from over 200,000 Companies and
30,000,000
individual emails address from all search engines and
web sites. This
promotional program will take place every year until
the Olympics games
begin in Beijing China in 2008. However,winners are
only eligible for
claims once.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask
that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claims
have been processed
and your money remitted to your nominal bank account.
This is part of
our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by
participants of this program.
ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only electronically via the
Internet and is
open to all persons from age 18 years and above with a
valid email
address and who live in any of the aforementioned
countries. This
promotion is void in all other countries and is also
void where
prohibited.
Principals and employees of the CAMELOT LOTTERY
PROMOTION and its
respective Parent subsidiaries and their immediate
families are not
eligible.
CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our norm to allocate accredited agents for the
processing of
claims application. It is even more imperative for
overseas winners.
To begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a
matter of urgency,
to contact the under listed licensed and accredited
claims agent for
the processing of your prize award winning.
Please contact the clearing and forwarding house
(through your claims
agent only) the body assigned with the verification of
all emergent
winner. Therefore all protocols laid down by them must
be followed to
facilitate your claims;
CONTACT Details:
Mr. ALBERT GREGORY,
20 Lausanne Road London, SW2 3JB ENGLAND.U.K
MOBILE: +44 (0) 702 407 5373
LANDLINE:+44 70111 53079
Email:britishtobacco_promoclaims@yahoo.co.uk
You are to provide the claims agent with the under
listed information
as
soon as possible:
1. NAMES IN FULL:................................
2. ADDRESS:.....................................
3. NATIONALITY:.................................
4. AGE:.........................................
5. OCCUPATION:..................................
6. PHONE/FACSIMILE:...................................
7.COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE..........................
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all
claims process,
failing so would lead to disqualification and
winnings Forfeiture.
Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims
process.
(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute
entrant's full and
unconditional agreement to an acceptance of our terms
and conditions of
claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of
payment of your prize
awards winning.
(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep
your winning
details very confidential,as any discrepancies
resulting from a breach
of this confidentiality on the part of the winners
will be covered
solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the
oath of secrecy
taken on employment.
For processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated bank
account of your choice.Remember, all prize money must
be claimed not
later two weeks from your notification.All funds not
claimed on or
before two weeks will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications,please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in
all
correspondences with this office. Furthermore, should
there be any
change of your address, do inform us as soon as
possible.
Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank
you for being part
of our Promotions program.
Sincerely,
BARONESS KAREN PETERSON.
Co-ordinator.
NB
Do not reply to this promotional email account.
Contact your claims agent, immediately.
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