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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: "Lottery Coordinator" <prizeawardnl1@walla.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:40:12 -0600
Subject: YOU WON
FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PRIZE AWARD DEPT
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT
WINNING INFORMATIONS:
REF Number: RQA/231-ILGI0431/07
BATCH No: UOS/15/096/IVFS
TICKET No:20511465463-7655
SERIAL No:472-9768-79
LUCKY No:8-66-97-22-65-5
Amount Won:2,500,000.00 Dollars
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an
advance dautomated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were
sold.
To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to
contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for category "A"winners
with the information below:
***************************************************
Name: Mr.VAN SMITH
Tel: +31-649-304-315
Fax: +31 847 254 686
Email:bvlottonv@aim.com
****************************************************
You are advice to provide him with the following information and a copy of
your international passport or driver's license via email attachment or by
fax for vetting process which is a standard practice just to ensure that we
are dealing with the right individual.
1. FULL NAMES:
___________________________________________
2. ADDRESS:
___________________________________________
3. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
___________________________________________
4. NATIONALITY:
___________________________________________
5. TEL/FAX NUMBERS:
___________________________________________
6. SEX:
___________________________________________
7. AGE:
___________________________________________
8. MARITAL STATUS:
___________________________________________
9. OCCUPATION:
___________________________________________
10. AMOUNT WON:
___________________________________________
11. NEXT OF KIN:
___________________________________________
Sincerely yours,
Mrs Wendy Witkamp
Lottery Coordinator
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