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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: simpson scott <uklottery_claimsdept0012@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 02:13:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent Mr. Wilfred Weisszer, CONGRATULATIONS
Dear Mr.Wilfred Weisszer,
How are you today? I have received and read your letter and am now in response to it as regard this winning payment funds to you. I am very sorry on what you have went through as regard what you told me on your letter, but I here I assure you that you will get this payment funds without any lose and disappointment okay. So please get me the following information and do as well contact the bank.
Your Full Names:
Your Direct Telephone Numbers,
Your contact address:
Your occupation:
Marital status,
Your age:
Banking information’s where the said funds will be wired to you.
Like I earlier told you, the release document of this winning payment has been procured by me from the court here and the Citi Bank PLC were the fund is presently being Lodged/Deposited in. I hereby mail the original copies to the Citi Bank where the said winning funds is presently deposited, so you have to contact the remittance director in the Citi Bank there in Australia, requesting Them to please let you know what you are to do to enable Them release the said winning funds to you as you are the confide beneficiary of the said funds.
Please bear with me for I did not scam and send to you the copies of all release documents. All the details have been given to the Bank for immediate transfer of the funds to you. Bear it in mind that we the lottery department spend money in this to get you through as the winning and what ever the bank charges you for the immediate transfer of the funds have to be taking care by you.
The remittance directors’ information’s of the Finance House/Bank is as follows:
Name: Rev Dr.Paul Nelson.
Emails.{rev_pauln@yahoo.com}
{rev_pauln@hotmail.com}
Tel: +61419354158.
Please contact the remittance director now and keep me informed.
I await your urgent response. Please get back to me.
Regards.
Pastor John Nick and
Mr. Simpson Scott.
Lottery department.
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