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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: BARCLAYS BANK UK <barclbkplc0@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: info@barclays.e-bankers.org.uk
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:26:51 +0100 (BST)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?q?BARCLAYS=20BANK=20PLC=AE=20?=
BARCLAYS BANK PLC®
1 CHURCHILL PLACE, LONDON E14 5HP,
LONDON, UK.
13Th July, 2007.
Attention: ,
This is to acknowledge the receipt of your mail. We are pleased to officially valid date the winning notification we received from the Honda Company International Lottery Promotion.furthermore in response to your mail, you are to abide with the rules of this Bank, I have tried with all possible proof within my reach and still you are not convinced, there nothing that can be done from my part.
Morealso what ever your decisions will be after reading this mail, either you are still not convinced you will be then required to send us a letter from your attorney stating the reasons why you are forfieting your winnings.
Have a nice day.
Yours in service,
Herod Jorgensen (Sir)
(HEAD OF OPERATION)
FOREIGN/LOCAL OPERATIONS
BARCLAYS BANK PLC®
Tel: +44-701-113-3047
Fax: +44-703-040-1224
COPYRIGHT © 2007 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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