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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: Sweepstakes-International Program Customer Services <claimsagentbox6@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:39:03 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Confirn Datails
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
We are in receipt of your mail and i must say that you should count yourself extremely lucky to have emerged as one of our winners in this years lucky dip
sweepstakes. As you already know,
your email address wasrandomly selected along with others from various websites on theinternet.Each email address was attached to a ticket number.
Congratulation, on your recent winnings. Weacknowledge receipt of your
mail we have to inform you that this is real andyou are truly a lucky winner
of the lump sum. Of six hundred thousand pounds.
This programme was design to encourage the use ofthe Internet in developing nations but presently we are for nowinvolving all the continents in the world.
Winners are normally picked from theInternet depending on the usage and also your luck is based on if you are on the Internet when our computer balloting is taking place.
The major computer companies in the world contribute to this programme
with little contribution from the United Nations. Also this programme is
cover by the various law of lottery of the United Kingdom and also of
various countries of the European Union.
A certificate of prize claims and some vital documents will be sent
along side your winnings cheque.The documents to be sent are:
1.WINNING CERTIFICATE FROM LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM
SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTIONS.
2.WINNERS CHEQUE FOR THE VALUE OF 600,000 POUNDS.
3.CLEAR SOURCE OF FUNDS CERTIFICATES(C.S.F.C.)
Your cashier cheque will be sent to your address by courier service.
Please forward to us the following data:
Your full names, Phone numberand Resindential address as this
will be forwarded to the courier service.
FULL NAMES:
FULL RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE NUMBE
CELL PHONE NUMBER:
HOME PHONE NUMBER:
FAX NUMBER:
COUNTRY:
ZIP CODE:
STATE:
Sincerely,
Uk- Lottery Fiduciary Agent
(Mr)Russell Weaver
Tel:+44-703-191-9363.
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