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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: steve owen <steveowenukagent@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 01:04:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE: NEEDED INFORMATION/CALL ME ONCE YOU RETURN THIS CLAIMS FORM.
Attn: Berg,
I wish to congratulate you and your family for this great opportunity as a lucky winner, as the British Lottery department required in respect to access and confirmations on your file for the procedure of your winning fund to be transfer into your account there in your country, kindly forward to me all these details I'm putting in writing below to enable me move immediately to submit all your informations to the verification departments as they requested to enable us know the next step.
These are the requirements;
1). FULL NAME: ______________________________________________________________
2).NATIONALITY: ______________________________________________________________
3). DATE OF BIRTH ______________________________________________________________
4). SEX: ______________________________________________________________
5). MARITAL STATUS: _______________________________________________________________
6).CONTACT ADDRESS: ________________________________________________________________
7).TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS: ________________________________________________________________
8).OCCUPATION: ________________________________________________________________
9).WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:________________________________________________________
10).WINNING NUMBER:__________________________________________________________
11). TOTAL AMOUNT WON:______________________________________________________________
12) REFERENCE NUMBER:__________________________________________________________
13) BATCH NUMBER:__________________________________________________________
INSURANCE NO:____________________________________________________
As soon as I receive the above details, I will move immediately to the verification departments to submit all your informations as they requested for official documentation of your details which will enable the approval of your award winning certificate and other documents of which I will be sending to you as an attachments as soon as its out, also as soon as I submit your details, I will have access to make inquiry on your behalf base to know the guidelines and instruction you have to follow immediately to enable you receive your winning fund into your nominated bank account there in your country.
Remember due to the maximum time featured, you dont need to waste time on claiming your winning fund, this is why you have to comply with instructions given to you to enable you receive your money as soon as possible.
Best Regards,
Mr.Steve Owen
Claim Agent
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