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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: "DR. PAUL JERRYSON" <pauljerryson006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <globalbond0025@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:13:05 -0400
Subject: Winning Notifications!!!
National British LotteryP O Box 1010 Liverpool,L70 1NL United Kingdom
CONGRATULATIONSDear Winner,
Unbehalf of the UK-National Lottery in alliance with Globalbond Security and Finance Corporation, after the successfull computer balloting, we hereby inform you of your lucky award winning, you won the sum of $450,000.00USD (Four hundred and fifty thousand dollars only) from the National British Lottery on our 2007 first year charity bonanza. The winning ticket was selected from a DataBase of Internet Email Users, from which your email address came out as one of the winning coupon.We hereby urge you to claim the winning amount quickly as this is first year charity bonanza lottery. Failure to claim your win will result into the reversion of the fund to our following month. You are therefore requested to contact The fiducially claims agent:Name: Mr. Michael Ferguson. Email: globalbond0025@yahoo.co.uk Contact him with your winning refrences immediately as stated below: *Ref: UK/9420X/68*Batch: 074/05/ZY369*Ticket number: 5647560054*Serial number: 5368/02 *Lucky number: 50-18-22-24-32-33Once again, CongratulationsRegards,Mr Paul Jerryson(Customer Service Agent)
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