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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: "YAHOO ONLINE LOTTERY PROMO 2008"<mrsmonicabrown501@myway.com>
Reply-To: yahooagentpatrickdenilson@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:16:51 -0500 (EST)
Subject: You Won $400,000! Yahoo! Mail Congratulates You!
You won
$400,000! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!
Messenger
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU WON $400,000! YOUR ADDRESS HAS
WON
Today, your account is randomly selected as one of
10 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us as YAHOO! Mail gives
members random cash prizes.We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize
money of (Four Hundred Thousand United State Dollars)($400,000) .This Lottery
win promotion which is organized by yahoo messenger was conducted to encourage
users for their patronage and to encourage new
subscribers. YAHOO, collects all the mail ID of
the people that are online on yahoo messenger, among the millions that
subscribed to yahoo messenger we only selected ten people at this end of the
year raffle draw as our winners through electronic balloting System without the
winner applying,we are congratulating you for being one of the people
selected.
All participant were selected through a computer
balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,
Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part
of our international promotions program which we have just stated this year and
would be conducted annually from henceforth.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a
conglomerate 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 British representative office in United Kingdom , as indicated in
your play coupon and your prize of $400,000 will be released to you from this
regional branch office in UK.
We hope with part of your prize, you will
participate in our NEXT YEARS end of year high stakes for US$5.3 Billion
international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
These are your
identification numbers..........
Batch
number.......................LUH 01475 WJ
Lotto number........................LWH 05436
DR
Winning
number...................LFG 03497 QS
To
begin your claims, kindly contact our fiduciary agent company at this email
address: revpatrick.claimsdept100@yahoo.de
/ yahooagentpatrickdenilson@gmail.com
His
name is Bishop Patrick Denilson
(Dr.)
You are
required to forward him with the following
details:
1.FULL
NAME:................................
2.COUNTRY OF
ORIGIN:.................
3.PRESENT
ADDRESS:...................
4.SEX:.............................................
5.DATE OF
BIRTH:...........................
6.AGE:.............................................
7.OCCUPATION:...............................
8.TELEPHONE
NUMBER:...................
9.FAX NUMBER(IF
ANY):...................
10.MARITAL
STATUS:.......................
12.BATCH
NUMBER:.............................
13.LOTTO
NUMBER:...........................
14.THE MONTH YOU
WON:.................
As soon as you
contact your claims agent,your agent will advice you on what to do in order to
get your prize money.Congratulations once more!! For security reasons, we advice
all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your
claim is processed and your prize released to
you.
This is part of
our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage
of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.Finally,we wish you
and your household a happy and successful christmas and new year
celebrations.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Fidelis
Bridge.
LOTTO
CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com
staffYahoo.com
http://www.yahoo.com
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