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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: "office file0501" <officefile0501@latinmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:41:02 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: UNCLAIMED LOTTO PRIZE PAYMENT NOTICE
INTERNATIONAL LOTTO COMMISSION
Juan Hurtado De Mendoza 6D 28044,
Cotonou Republic du Benin
UNCLAIMED LOTTO PRIZE PAYMENT NOTICE
Attention: Owner Of This Email Address.
Dear Sir/Ma,
CONGRATULATION!!!!!
You are a winner in the 2nd category of our Euroafric free Net Lottery =
Promotional award draws held December 4th 2006.I am writing in respect =
to your lotto winning prize of $715,810.00(Seven hundred and fifteen th=
ousand eight hundred and ten US Dollars only) which you won through the=
email-ballot draws in our Euroafric Lotto Award in 2006 in the second =
category prize winnings category.
We wish to inform you that your total prize money of $715,810.00 has be=
en returned to us by our Lotto claims agent as unclaimed prize after th=
eir initial letter to your address for your payment was not replied to.=
You are here by requested to contact our Treasury Office through this e=
-mail address:
(interlottocommission011@yahoo.dk) for your immediate payment.Our Treas=
ury officer's name is Mr. Rixhard Sadoul; so refer this to him and cont=
act him immediately for your unclaimed lotto prize payment to you.
You should contact our Treasury Officer as directed above for your paym=
ent,and do notify me as soon as you received your payment from our Trea=
surer.
Thanks,
Dr. David Champou.
President; Int'l Lotto Commission=20
=A1Miles de amigos con tus mismas aficiones! http://www.latinchat.com
=A1Miles de amigos con tus mismas aficiones! http://www.latinchat.com
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