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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: "congratulation to you" <promotto@centrum.sk>
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:49:08 +0200
Subject: Congratulations to you
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY & LOTTO
PLEASE QUOTE YOUR WINNING
WINNING INFORMATIONS
REFERENCE Number: MSW-L/200-26937,SECURITY CODE NUMBER: MSW/FEB/XX06,BATCH NUMBER,2005#22,winner NO: 5
winner NO: 5
Dear sir
There was a computer ballot that was organized by the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY & LOTTO. It was not an individual lotto playing, but the computer itself picked out from all over the world, 1,000,000 email addresses and it was selected and picked from the Internet, those email addresses of Participants that was selected and picked from the internet were again selected through a computer ballot system drawn from among the 1,000,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world, this is called the computer ballot.
And Eight (8) email addresses was finally picked out from among the total 1,000,000 email addresses, and out of those 8 email addresses, your email address is among the winners on the ballot.
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS SELECTED ON THE COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL BALLOT SYSTEM DRAW, AS ONE OF THE WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS ON THE
INTERNET COMPUTER LOTTERY DRAW.
THE PROGRAM WAS HELD BY THE UK LEADING LOTTERY ORGANIZATION, KNOWN AS......UK NATIONAL LOTTERY & LOTTO.
THE COMPUTER BALLOT QUALIFIED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AS ONE OF THE WINNER OF THE SUM OF US$600,000,00 (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLAR)
FOR MORE ENQUIRIES/INFORMATIONS ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE, PLEASE DO CONTACT:
THE PROCCESSING DIRECTOR
CLAIM DEPARTMENT ON EMAIL ADDRESS:
Dr. kosec Thomas.
E-mail: kosecthomas04@centrum.sk
Contact telephone direct hotline +447045785038
Important Please fill out this and forward your correct winning informations
PLEASE FORWARD THE STATED INFORMATION TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT
A. YOUR FULL NAME.......,
B. YOUR WINNING E-MAIL.......,
C. YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS..........,
D. YOUR MOBIE & HOUSE PHONE NUMBER......,
E. YOUR AGE ...................
F. YOUR OCCUPATION............,
G YOUR SEX..................
H. YOUR COUNTRY............,
Once again Congratulations to you !!
Cordinator.
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