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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: msl_terrymartins3@live.com
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:25:53 -0200
Subject: YOUR EMAIL I D HAVE WON YOU FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS (=?ISO-8859-1?B?ozUwMCwwMDAsMDAp?=
Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10,United Kingdom.
Batch number: 12/25/0340
Reff number: MSN-L/200-26937
Winning number: YM09788
Microsoft Award Notification
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS (£500,000,00) for the month of
January 2008 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS,
collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to YAHOO &
MICROSOFT WINDOWS we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the
winner applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
You are to contact your Claims Agent with immediate effect to faciliate the protocol of your winning prized before the
date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre Prize mustbe claimed not later than 15
days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period
will be forfeited.
These are your identification numbers:
Batch number...................12/25/0340
Reff number.......................MSN-L/200-26937
Winning number...................YM09788
To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent assigned to you.
MR. Terry Martins
(VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER)
Email: msl_terrymartins3@live.com
Email: msl_terrymartins4@live.com
Tel: +44 703-197-1437
Fax: +44 870 471 6651
You are therefore advised to send the following information to the claims agent to facilitate them.
1. Full name............
2. Country..............
3. Contact Address........
4. Telephone Number.......
5. Marital Status.........
6. Occupation.............
7. Company..............
8. Age....................
YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the
Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,
Mr. Mark Kelly.
(Operation Manager)
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