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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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From: "BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY" <info@uklottery.co.uk>
Reply-To: william_gore081@live.com
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 05:56:06 +0530 (IST)
Subject: FinalClaims........................(
=?iso-8859-1?Q?=A3250=2C000_Pound?=)
ATTENTION:WINNER,
We happily announce to you the draw (#963) of the
UKNATIONALLOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International programme held on
1st August, 2008.Your e-mail address has been selected randomly
amongst
twenty others by a Computer Ballot System through a WORLD WIDE WEBSITE
SEARCH ONLINE".in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. that won
you £250,000 PoundClaims
Requirements:
1. Full Name: ..........
2.Address:..............
3.Nationality:.......
4.Age:.......... Date of Birth:..
5.Occupation:....
6.Phone.......Fax:...
7. State of Origin:.
Claims Agent
Mr Lampard Brown
Email:claimsagentoffice_uklottery@yahoo.co.uk
Yours faithfully,
Steven Burtler
ONLINE SUPERVISOR
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
-- Sent at 05:03:25 on 08/03/08 through NITK (http://www.nitk.ac.in/) Email Gateway . AV scanning & Spam checking are done on this mail --
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