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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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From: krasloten coordinator <mrs.henk_susan795@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <kraslottoagency@aim.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 13:31:21 +0200
Subject: ATTN: WINNER.
KRASLOTEN LOTTERY INTERNATIONALREF. NO: HLD/48M-786PQ/DH BATCH NO: 8254PQ/WIN TICKET NO: NL584/60/07 LUCKY NO: 2-20-35-56-92AWARD NO: NL 43/96850 FROM DESK OF PROMOTION MANAGER{MICRO/KRASLOTEN EMAIL LOTTERY} www.krasloten.nl YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON $925,000.00(NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND USD) IN THE THIRD CATEGORY OF OUR COMPUTER BALLOT EMAIL LOTTERY HELD ON THE 1ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2007. YOUR EMAIL ID EMERGED ALONGSIDE WITH TWELVE (12) OTHERS AS FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD CATEGORY WINNERS IN THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL KRASLOTEN LOTTERY DRAW.MEANWHILE, TO CLARIFY YOUR DOUBT ON HOW YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WERE SELECTED AND FREQUENTLY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY LIKELY ASK (HOW DID I ENTER THIS CONTEST???HOW DID YOU GET MY EMAIL ADDRESS???HOW DID I WIN???).ALL THIRTEEN (13) WINNING EMAIL ID WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM A BATCH OF 50,000,000 INTERNATIONAL EMAILS. NO TICKET WAS SOLD BUT IT IS TO ENCOURAGE INTERNET USERS. TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING, CONTACT OUR CLAIMS DEPARTMENT OFFICE: NAME: HENRY ZIJPEN (MR.). EMAIL: kraslottoagency@aim.com EMAIL: kraslottoagency@yahoo.deTEL: +31-644-763-262 SEND THE FOLLOWING TO THE CLAIM DEPARTMENT: FULL NAMES, PHONE/FAX NO, REF NO, BATCH NO, TICKET NO, LUCKY NO, AWARD NO. SINCERELY, SUSAN HENK (MRS.) PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR
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