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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: National Lottery <mrscedric_47@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 14:28:48 +0200
Subject: Winning Notification
MICROSOFT INTERNET PROMOTION
Microsoft Award Team20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10 United KingdomRef: BTD/968/05Batch: 409978
Dear
CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!
The prestigious Microsoft and aol has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes marking the year 2007 anniversary we rolled out over US$ 4,419,864 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 patronage.
The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers. If you ignore this, you will regret it later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.
Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) This is from a total cash prize of £2, 500 000,00 Million Pounds, shared among the first Five (5) lucky winners in this category world-wide.
You have therefore won the total sum of £500,000.00 Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 6th of December,2007. These Draws are commemorative and as such special.
This promotion takes place annually. For your own benefit and good, you have to be very careful and keep all your winning information or details secret and confidential within yourself together with any documents you will receive regarding to your winning fund, till your money arrives into your bank account there in your country, this is part of the precautionary measure and to avoid double claiming, false claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements and for your own security reasons.
Please contact our corresponding agent in South Africa immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund, contact information is as follow: -DELIVERY AGENT CONTACT NFORMATION:Name: Dr. William HopewellEmail: dr.hopewell1@hotmail.com C_departmentsection@yahoo.com microadvert@winning.comTell: 00 27- 73-3970716Address: Universal Building, 132 - 133 Park Hurst Balfour - Unite 1440 Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001 South Africa.
Provide him with the informations as stated below:
VERYFICATION FORM
YOUR FULL NAME:AGE:SEX
OCCUPATIONPERMANENT ADDRESS:COUNTRY:CITY:POSTAL CODEFAX MOBILEWINNING E-MAIL AMOUNT WONBATCH NO:TICKET NO:REFRENCE NO:LUCKY NO:SERIAL NO:Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates.We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune in this season.
Note: You have One weeks from the date of this publication to claim your prize or you may forefeit your winnings.In compliance with the sponsoring bodies',you are to make a remittance of a part of your won fund,not lower than 10-percent, after receiving your allocation to a charity organisation Thank you for being part of our commemorative end of year Anniversary Draws Mrs. Rosse N Microsoft Promotion Team Vice President
MICROSOFT LOTTERY PROMOTION 2007
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