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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: "michaelrainsburg.info Gazeta.pl" <michaelrainsburg.info@gazeta.pl>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 05:50:32 -0700
Subject: WINNINGS
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER
POWER BALL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
POWER BALL LOTTO COMPANY
Dear Winner,
We are please to announce you as one of the 17 lucky winners in the Power
Ball Lottery draw held on the 17th of May. 2008.
All 17 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000
international emails.Your email address emerged
alongside others as a category 2 winner in this year's Annual Power Ball
Lotto Draw.
Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
$2,500,000 USD only.The following particulars are
attached to your lotto payment order:
(i) winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) email ticket number: PB754/22/76
(iii) lotto code number: PB09622UK
(iv) the file Ref number:PB /04/736207152/UK
Please contact the underlisted operations manager below for the immediate
release of your winnings:
Mr.John Obrien
The Power Ball Loto Company
Tel/Fax:+448709125029
Email:jobrienpowerball@yahoo.co.uk <Email%3Ajobrienpowerball@yahoo.co.uk>
1.Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the
operations manager.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Michael Rainsburg
PowerBall Lotto company
UK & Europe
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