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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: <abz@abz.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:16:08 -0500
Subject: NOTIFICATION,
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
TIENS LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, UK.
Dear Winner,
AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you today, 21ST June,
2008, of Winners of the TIENS LOTTERY PROMO, UNITED KINGDOM.
draws held on 19TH June, 2008. Your email address attached
to ticket number: 977-9662-855-244, with serial number
: 0336-79 drew the lucky numbers : 00-47-12-98-44-33, and
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for lump sum pay out
of (£1.500.000.00) One Million, five hundred thousand
British Pounds in cash credited to Reference number :
095574118088 TIENS. This is from total prize Money Of
(£25.500.000.00) Twenty-Five Million, five hundred
thousand British Pounds shared among the seventeen
winners.
Participants were selected through a computer
Ballot System drawn from 25,000 email addresses from
Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America
and Asia as Part of International Promotions Program,
which is Conducted Annually.
To begin your claim, quote your Reference and contact
our Director, Claims/Remittance Department:
Mr. Patrick Clark, Email: pclark197043@yahoo.com
Congratulations !
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Joan Weston.
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