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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: greg@regiment.org
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:09:15 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!
FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL
PRIZE AWARD DEPT
Attn Lucky Winner,
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 advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No
tickets were sold.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as a
winner in the category "A" with the following numbers attached Ref
Number: PW 9590 ES 9414,Batch Number: 573881545-NL/2007 and Ticket
Number: PP 3502 /8707-01 You are therefore to receive a cash prize of
$2,500,000.00. (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) from the total payout CONGRATULATIONS!!!.
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:
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Mr Scott Michael
Tel: +31 616 853 427
E-mail:claimsagentaward090@yahoo.co.uk
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You are advice to provide him with the following information:
Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Occupation:
Age:
NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days, thereafter
unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.
You are to keep all lotto information confidential, especially your and
ticket numbers.
Yours Faithfully,
Jay Freeland,
Lottery Coordinator.
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