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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: MICROSOFT GROUP AWARD TEAM MICROSOFT GROUP <morgan_morris79@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 07:27:24 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION (Ref: BTD/968/07)
Microsoft Award Team20 Craven Park, HarlesdenLondon NW10United KingdomRef: BTD/968/07Batch: 409978E
Dear Lucky Winner,
The prestigious Microsoft in conjunction with MSN and Yahoo Group has set out and sucessfully organised a Sweep stakes marking the end of year anniversary. We rolled out over 1,000.000.00GBP (One Million Great Britain Pounds) for our end of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their BETA patronage attaching personalised email addresses to ticket numbers.Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 0098876 serial numbers MSL099876 and drew the lucky numbers 9-21-17-39-23-13(20) which subsequently won you 1,000,000.00GBP (One Million Great Britain Pounds) as one of the 10 jackpot winners in this draw held 25th October,2007 and results released today 23rd Nov,2007. To file for your claim, kindly Contact your fiduciary agent with the email address below:
Mr.Morgan MorrisMicrosoft Award Team.Email:microsoft_lottory84@yahoo.co.uk
FULL NAME:.................................WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:............FULL ADDRESS:...............SEX:......................AGE:.................OCCUPATION:...........TEL:................COUNTRY:.........HAVE YOU WON A LOTTERY BEFORE?............
Sincerely,
Mr.MORGAN MORRIS,Head Customercare ServiceMicrosoft Award Team
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