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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: GOLDSTAR LOTTERY <goldstarnationallottery2007@web.de>
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:01:40 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!
DE GOLDSTAR E-GAMES
Dear Consolation Prize Winner,
This email confirms that you have been notified of by the DE GOLDSTAR E-GAMES LOTTO BV DE UNITED KINGDOM of your email that you are one of our lucky winners
lottery winning for 2007. GOLDSTAR LOTTO - Wheel E-game held on 7th February 2007.We wish to congratulate y ou on the selection of your email coupon number, which was selected among the 45 lucky consolation prize winners.Your email ID ident ified with Coupon No.NL132478 and was selected by Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the Lotto-Wheel E-game. Your email ID included among the 50,000 different email addresses where submitted by our partner international email provider companies.
Ref Number: 35149/337-5247/LNI
Batch Number: 12ERST456/809
Lottery Group: Consolation Prize Group
Prize Amount: 1.500,000 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Only)
To file for your claim, you are to fill the form below and contact our
authorized claims Officer in the UK (Europe) with the details below:
1. Batch number:....
2. Ref number:....
3. Amount won:.....
4. FULL NAMES:....
5. DATE OF BIRTH:...
6. SEX:....
7. MARITAL STATUS:....
8. CONTACT ADDRESS:...
9.TELEPHONE NUMBER:.. ..
10.OCCUPATION:....
11.ANNUAL INCOME;...
12.NATIONALITY......
Lottery Claims Officer
Name: Mr jim Jenkins
Email: jim_fiduciary32yahoo.co.uk
Congratulations once again from all our staffs on your consolation
prize winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming DE GOLDSTAR E-GAMES.
Yours truly,
Mrs.Sara Borsch
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