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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: "Luis Brown" <awardclaimsinfo@armymail.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:32:57 -0100
Subject: MARKT LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL., WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER ONLY.
***Call For Confirmations Congratulations***
WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER ONLY.
MARKT LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
HOBBEMAPLEIN:100
HAAGSE MARKT.
Attn Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you that you have emerged a winner in the annual
draw of our MARKT Lottery International Programs.
Your email address was selected by our Electronic Random Selection System
(ERSS) from an exclusive list of 250,000,000 e-mail
addresses of individual and corporate bodies generated from an internet
resource database.No tickets were sold.
Your email address is identified with Batch Number: 444821545-NL/2007 and
Ticket Number: PP 3812 /2007-07 in Category "A" and
your claims portfolio is filed with Ref Number:MARKT 80 ES 9414.You are
therefore to receive a cash prize of $2,500,000.00.
(Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) from the total
payout
CONGRATULATIONS!!!.
Your prize award has been insured under a bonded depository policy with
your e-mail address, and will be transferred to you
upon meeting the claims requirements, statutory obligations, verifications,
validations and satisfactory report.
To file for the processing of your prize sum payment, you are advised to
contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent
for category "A" winners with the information below:
*************************************
Name: Mr. David Paulson
Tel:+31 626-625-511
Email:marktpromo07_08@yahoo.com
*************************************
You are advice to provide him with the following information:
Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:
NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days, thereafter
unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.
Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence.
Yours Faithfully,
Luis Brown
Lottery Coordinator.
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