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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: "lucky day" <luckyday4@gala.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:46:22 +0200
Subject: MAIL from luckyday Inc....please keep your batch & ref number.......
Dear Winner,
(Batch # UML010/C2)
(Ref. # 428/77/UML)
20-07-2008
We are pleased to announce you one of the ten lucky winners in the lucky day
Lotto draw held on 18-07-2008 . All ten winning Addresses were randomly
selected from a batch of fifty thousand international Email addresses. Your
email address emerged alongside nine others as category two Winners in this
year's Annual lucky day Lotto Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of ?
500,000.00 (five hundred thousand euros) only.
Contact the under listed claims officer via email as soon as possible for
the immediate release of your winnings.
Mrs.Hellen Winwood
Complete Solutions Ltd
Email-hw7217@yahoo.com
NB:Your fund is currently deposited with the paying Bank.This is an irish
woman who won ,ihttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4730113.stm
Your ref and batch numbers as stated above, are the key to your
winning.Please keep it safe and handy as you make contact to claim your
prize.
Winners are advised also to keep this award confidential until prize are
claimed to avert the incidence of impersonation by unscrupulous elements.
Please note also that all claims are nullified after 30 working days from
today, 18-08-2008.
Once again on behalf of all our staff.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Paul Green
Promotions Manager
The Lucky day Lotto Company
The Lucky day Lotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers,Mackintosh and a
Conglomeration of other international IT companies.
The Lucky day lotto Internet Draw is held once in a year.It is so organized
to encourage the use of The Internet and computers worldwide
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CONFIDENTIAL * This email is intended for and confidential to the named
recipient. If you have received a copy in error, please accept our apologies
and destroy it. You may not use or disclose the contents of this e-mail to
anyone,not take copies of it. The only copies permitted are to be made by
the named recipient and for the purpose of completing
successful electronic transmission to the named recipient and then only on
condition that these copies, with this notice attached, are keptconfidential
until destruction.
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Larkman PM Hoddell BR Ballard KW Goddard DK Wybar PC Allen T Ogle DJ
Cammack MJ Hopkins DJ Wisbey SJ Loome CL Read TJ Seath Consultants: AH Frost
DL Colthorpe BDHC Ris -EA Peel Director of Finance: L Pisano Director of
Personnel: S Tarbin..
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