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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: "southeast asia int'l lottery org" <southeastorg031@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <coordinator1_ken@yahoo.co.th>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 16:04:57 +0000
Subject: Your email/name was attached to winning number 242 433 523 739 From
GOVERNMENT PROMO BANGKOK, THAILA
GOVERNMENT LOTTERY OFFICE
Bangkok,Thailand.
http://www.glo.or.th
From:The Desk of the CEOGlolotto annual lottery promoWinning number:242 433 523 739
Serial net batch number:836393
ATTENTION: CONGRATULATIONS!
RE: PRIZE/AWARD NOTIFICATION.
Dear Winner,
Congratulations, you have been selected as one of the lucky winners in our annual end of year lottery promotion through our internet balloting email extracting and screening machine, your application was applied and processed by our internet balloting email extracting and screening machine which randomly extracts and screens millions of email addresses around the world.
This lottery promotion is held annually as part of glolotto end of the year lottery promotions. You are the 2nd among our 25 lucky winners and you are therefore been awarded a lump sum payout of USD 1,000,000.00 (One Million United State Dollars).
In this regards you are advised to forward the following requirements urgently to our coordinator Mr. Kane Iva by email scanning attachments for faster processing, to enable us begin the processing of your winning documents and money transfer:
Name: Mr. ChanEmail:coordnator1_ken@yahoo.co.th
coordinator_kane@walla.com
WEBSITE: http://www.glo.or.th
Telephone: +66 816421297
(1.) Write in full, your telephone number, postal and residential address.(2.) Scanned copy of your recent passport photograph.(3.) Scanned copy of the main information page of your national passport or Id card or driving licensed.
NOTE THAT YOUR WINNING MONEY IS COVERED WITH HARDCOVER INSURANCE POLICY, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from your winning MONEY before remitting to you. This means that the charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before remitting your winning cheque to you, due to that no one is authorized to cash your cheque on your behalf.
Sincerely,
MANAGEMENTGlolotto Head office
RECENT
$1.000,000.00 WINNERS!
Copyright @1994-2006 The Glolotto Annual Lottery Promo All rights reserved Terms of Service - Guideline
http://www.glo.or.th 77635 476378 255667460
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