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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: "Lopez carol" <lopezcarol@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: david_lemmes@mail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 16:34:42 +0200
Subject: Notification
THE CHEF FOUNDATION
CALLE SANTO DOMINGO 13,
29871 MADRID , SPAIN .
Ref: 61350129TW
Ticket: 134306150240-09
Attn:
WINNING NOTIFICATION
It gives me great joy to acknowledge you as the recipient of The Chef
Charity yearly draw,held on the 4th day of July ,2008. You have therefore
emerged as a recipient of the third award of eight hundred and fifty
thousand united states dollars ($850,000;00) in this annual promo.Your
e-mail ID attached to the above stated Ticket No. (134306150240-09)emerged
in our random sampling certified device,confirmed also by eminent
representatives of the accredited charity bodies Revenue for this programme
is derived from the non-governmental agencies and major multinational
firms cutting across the european and asian community, In compliance with
the sponsoring bodies' concensus,you are to make a remittance of a part of
your won fund,not lower than 10-percent to a reputable charity organization
within your locality,after receiving your allocation/prize.
Please,liase with the designated fiducial agent, David Lemmes (Mr) via ;(
david_lemmes@mail.com) or call 0034-634-005-673 for further
instructions/enquiries.
Congratulations once more,
(Mrs.) Carol Lopez
Info.Dir.11
NB:Kindly indicate your Ref/Ticket No in your reply.
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