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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: "Yahoo Classic Awards" <caroljones3@biz.by>
Reply-To: yahlotto.agent@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 18:30:22 +0100
Subject: Yahoo! Online Promo/Pre Summer Season award(You won a Bonanza Award of 485 000 GBP)
** *CLASSIC AWARD*
*** **124 Stockport Road, Longsight,
Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom**.*
*CONGRATULATIONS!
*Dear E-mail User,
THIS IS A GENUINE AWARD FROM YAHOO INC BRINGING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE
WON THE SUM OF FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLING
(£485,000.00) IN THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW YAHOO! MAIL CLASSIC. YOUR EMAIL
ADDRESS IS AMONG THE SIX LUCKY WINNERS AFTER CARRYING OUT THE ELECTRONIC
BALLOTING SYSTEM (E.B.S) IN A RANDOM SELECTION METHOD YOUR E-MAIL AND NAME
WAS SELECTED, CONGRATULATIONS!
*
**YOUR PAYMENT APPROVAL FILE HAS BEEN SENT TO UNITED KINGDOM DUE TO THERE
ARE THREE LUCKY WINNERS FROM THERE AND YOU WILL BE PAID AMONG WITH THEM,
SIMULTANEOUSLY TO AVOID TOO MANY PROTOCOLS.*
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.............................PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM.....................
**CONTACT CLAIMS AGENT:
DR. MARK ANDERSON
*
*E-MAIL: **yahlotto.agent@gmail.com**
TEL: TEL: *+44 7031897856
+447031897972
*
**YOUR IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS ARE:
BATCH NUMBER.....YBM-EBS-390AF
REF NUMBER........YBM-EBS-719AF
WINNING NUMBER..YBM-EBS-798AF
**FILL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION:
FULL NAME..................
COUNTRY....................
CONTACT ADDRESS............
PHONE NUMBER................
MARITAL STATUS..............
OCCUPATION..................
AGE.........................
SEX.........................
**KINDLY SEND YOUR IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS AND YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO
DR. WILLIAM PEARSON THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: (yahlotto.agent@gmail.com**)
** IMMEDIATELY FOR THE ASSIGNED BANK TO PAY YOU.
**NOTE: ANY PRIZE THAT IS NOT CLAIMED WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF RECEIVING THIS
AWARD NOTIFICATION WILL BE CANCELED.
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*YOURS IN SERVICE,*
*MRS. CAROL JONES
*
*(ON BEHALF OF YAHOO MAIL)*
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