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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: The National Lottery <uknl_draws_online@web.de>
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:35:41 +0100
Subject: YOUR EMAIL HAVE JUST WON FOR YOU
[http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/home/home.do] (The National Lottery logo) [http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/home/home.do]THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O Box 287 WATFORD,
WD18 9TT UNITED KINGDOM(Customer Services) PHONE: 44 700-594-7524
FROM: UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY.
WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY international Lottery programmes. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 10,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the Internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category "A" with the following winning information:
REF No: UKNL-EGS/2251256003/02
BATCH No: 14/0017/1PD
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: S/N-00168
LUCKY No: 4 - 14 - 25 - 35 - 42 - 48 - 37 Bonus ball To check your lucky numbers, please click the link below.http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/winCheck/singlelineWinCheckerStart.do [http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/winCheck/singlelineWinCheckerStart.do] You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of £850,000.000 Pounds (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds) each from the total payout. Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "A" winners with the information below:You are hereby advice to send us the following;
1. Your full name and address:
2. Your personal phone and fax number:
3. Your winning numbers:
4. Your Occupation and Age:
5. Your Nationality and Country:
6. Amount won: 7. Date received:To file for your claim, please contact the processing agent,
Mr MARK WILLIAMSEmail:claimsagent098@uku.co.uk
(You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize)
(You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize)
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