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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: "johannis2000@terra.es" <johannis2000@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:47:05 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: YOUR EMAIL WON THE FANTASTIC PRIZE
MERCEDES - BENZ-PROMOTION
EPPENDORFER-WEG 1,
20259 HAMBURG.
GERMANY,
Dear Winner,
The Local Organising Committee of the European word cup is glad to
announce to the world the giving away of a new brown mercedes benz B-KLASS
Worth - 35,000 EUROS or alternatively 35,000 EUROs in
cash. 10,000,lucky email addresses all over the world were seleted
randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 1,500,000 in which
your email happened to be one of the lucky winner of this fabulous
price.
We use this opportunity to thank all our sponsors / distributors of
this program BMW, Mcdonalds,Nokia.L.G Mercedes Benz etc.
In other to claim your price for immediate processing on how your
cashier's cheque or Mercedes Benz B-Klass will be delivered, carefully fill
the form below and send back to us meltonchase@aol.com for
verification.
BATCH No 77/00GC
Ref:file NA: 00GC10/06
NAME:.....................................................
AGE:......................................................
SEX:......................................................
ADDRESS:..................................................
WINNING:EMAIL:............................................
TEL;......................................................
FAX:......................................................
OCCUPATION:...............................................
COUNTRY:..................................................
PLEASE FAX NUMBER IS OBLIGATORY
MARK ANY OF THE BELOW.
I WILL LIKE TO HAVE THE CAR...OR..THE CASHER'S CHEQUE 35,000EUROS.
Please note: this communication is strickly prohibited confidential and
exempted from disclosure.
Once again Congratulation!.
CONTACT; BROWN - LOPEZ
MELTON - CHASE SECURITY
TEL+34-634-192-556
FAX+34- 917-903-828
Email: meltonchase@aol.com
Once again congratulations from all our members and staff of
MERCEDES-BENZ- Sponsors,
Best regards,
Raymond-Wolfgang
Promotion Director.
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