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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: "Cartwright, Tori L" <CartwrTL@alfredstate.edu>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:04:36 -0400
Subject: MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE HONOURS YOU THIS MONTH!!!
Dear Winner,
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million
Great Britain Pound Sterling's(£1,000.000.00) for the month of JULY 2008
Lottery promotion which is organized by MSN LOTTERY INC &
WINDOWS LIVE.
MSN & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of
the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to internet email
we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System
without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
These are your identification numbers:
Batch number.....YM 09102XM
Winning number..JULYFM0988
However you will have to submit the below informations to the events
manager for proper verification:
FULL NAME:
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
STATE AND ZIP CODE:
NATIONALITY:
RESIDENCE COUNTRY:
TEL NO & FAX:
DATE OF BIRTH:
OCCUPATION:
WINNING NUMBER:
GENDER:
RELIGION:
NOTE:All winners are hereby advised to keep their winnings confidential to avoid multiple claims
from imporsters,so as to enable easy and safe claims of your prize.
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CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER
Name:Mr Ashley Brown
E-mail: monthly.eventsmanager@hotmail.com<mailto:monthly.eventsmanager@hotmail.com>
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Once again congratulation and have nice day ahead.
Mr. Cartwright Tori L
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
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