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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: "The National Lottery" <declan.quinn4@mail.dcu.ie>
Reply-To: cg.claimsdesk@live.com
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:46:10 -0700
Subject: Prize Winning Email
The Camelot Group,:
Operators of The National Lottery.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
WINNING NOTIFICATION
The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the
results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by
Great
Britain 1306 held on Saturday 28th of June 2008, as part of weekly
promotions bonus. Your mail account have been
picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninty-one
thousand, nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds
(£891,934.00
pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file REF NO.
REF:UKL/74-A0802742008. This is from total prize money of GBP
£4,459,670.00 shared
among the FIVE (5) international winners in this category.
To begin your claim, please contact your Claims Agent:
Mr. Sean James.
Email:cg.claimsdesk@live.com
Tel:+447031944691
Fax:+44870 478 2022
FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL
NAMES:________2.ADDRESS:__________City________State_________Postcode___
___Country 3.TELEPHONE NUMBER:__________ 4.AGE:________5.OCCUPATION:
Note below your winning details:
Serial Nº: A069-07
Lotto Lucky No:07 12 19 23 46 48 Bonus 28
File REF Nº.: UKL/74-A0802742008
BATCH Nº.: 2008UKL-01
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