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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: The Irish Lottery <claimsagenthitcher@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 21 Mar 2007 18:24:28 -0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS...2007 IRISH LOTTERY WINNER
Content-Type: text/plain
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The Irish Lottery
47 Meadow Vale, Sligo, Ireland.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the IRISH LOTTERY PROGRAMME online Sweepstakes International Program held on Saturday the 21th of March,2007.
Your e-mail address attached to the winning ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/05 drew the lucky numbers: 10,13,24,24,25,36,41,08 which subsequently won the JACKPOT. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 950,000 GREAT BRISTIH POUNDS in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/05 of Irish Lottery.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your 950,000 would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe(UK).
To file for your claim, you are to fill the form and conatct our authorised claim agent in the UK(Europe) on the details below:
The Irish Lottery
47 Meadow Vale,
Sligo
Ireland
Mr Smith Hitcher BY EMAIL
Email: claimsagenthitcher@yahoo.co.uk
1. Ticket number:....
2. Batch number:....
3. Serial number:....
4. Amount won:.....
5. FULL NAMES:....
6. DATE OF BIRTH:...
7. SEX:....
8. MARITAL STATUS:....
9. CONTACT ADDRESS:...
10.TELEPHONE NUMBER:....
11.OCCUPATION:....
12.ANNUAL INCOME;...
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Please you are to provide him with the above listed details as soon as possible so he can begin with the processing of your prize winnings.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Mrs. Veronica Blunt
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS
KIA MOTORS LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
UNITED KINGDOM
NOTE: ALL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE SENT TO YOUR AGENT.
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