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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: Loto Ward <loto_ward@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: mikegraymanager@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:02:55 +0100 (BST)
Subject: !!! CONGRATULATIONS !!! YOU HAVE WON (UK AWARD LOTTERY PROMOTION 2008)
CONGRATULATIONS !!! YOU HAVE WON (UK AWARD LOTTERY PROMOTION 2008)
You won the sum of £650,000 ( Six hundred and fifty thousand great britain pounds) GBP from our monthly PROGRAM, you are hereby advice to get back to us, to claimed your prize.
Contact Mr. Mike gray
Executive Secretary/Claims agent
Email: mikegraymanager@yahoo.co.uk
Claims Requirements:
1.full name:2.Home Address:3.Age:4.Sex:5.Marital Status:
7.Phone Number:8.Nationality9.Country Of Residence , 10 Account Number,
Mrs Amanda
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