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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: "SMITH Peter R" <P.R.Smith@staffs.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:31:36 +0100
Subject: Dear Selected Winner(CONTACT Mr James Smith VIA EMAIL uknl.foundation_live@live.com)
Ref: UK/8421X2/65
Batch: 076/05/ZY523
Dear Winner,
FINAL NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you today that the lottery held Wednesday 9th July 2008. The result of the Winner of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME, lucky numbers: (15 ) (17) (33) (35 ) (39) (40)bonus no:(49), Visit the Online :Website for your Result http://www.lottery.co.uk/res/
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,500,000(One Million five hundred pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent;
Mr James Smith
Email: uknl.foundation_live@live.com
Provide him with the informations below:Name/Age/Country/Mobile Telephone Number/Occupation and Sex.
Telephone: +44-703-5907238
Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Smith Peter
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,
Sweepstakes International Program.
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