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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: powerballonlinepromo@mchsi.com (POWERBALL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC.(powerball_infodesk@yahoo.co.uk))
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:32:49 +0000
Subject: CONTACT THE FIDUCIARY AGENT
POWERBALL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC.
5th Floor East
Commonwealth Centre
55 Currie Street London L70 1NL.
United Kingdom
CONGRATULATIONS!!!You hereby have been approved a lump sum of £850,000.0(POUNDS
STERLING)in cash credit file KTU/9023118308/03 from the total cash prize of
£125,500,000.00(POUNDS STERLING) shared amongst 550 lucky winners in this
category from the Powerball International Lottery programme held on the 07th of
october.All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from canada,Australia, United
state, Europe,Middle East, Africa and Oceania
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by conglomorate of some multinational
companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the
communities where they have operational base.Further more your details(e-mail
address) falls within our European representative office in London,United
Kingdom, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of ?850,000.00, will
be released to you from this regional branch office in London.
We hope with your prize, you will qualify to participate in our end ofyear
high stakes for £1.3 Billion international draw.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU QUOTE BELOW YOUR WINNING PARTICULARS WHEN
CONTACTING YOUR AGENT:
United Kingdom Gaming Board
Contact Person: Sir. James Cole
Email: powerballbv_verificationdesk@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:+44 7(0)4573 4645
Batch: 12/25/0340
Ref: UK/101OXI/02
1.Name: 2.Address: 3.Marital Status: 4.Occupation: 5.Age: 6.Sex: 7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence: 9.Telephone Number (Country Code)-(Area Code)- Phone
Number):
10:Cell Number:(Country Code) - (Cell Phone Number): 11.Fax Number:
12.Draw Number above:
Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of POWERBALL
INTERNATIONL LOTTERY Congratulations to all our lucky winners
Yours Sincerely,
Suzanne Wayans (co-ordinator)
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