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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: "Sanseverino, Michelle R" <mic.sans9@uky.edu>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:19:31 -0400
Subject: Ref:MSW-Y/101OXI/02(contact Mr.Walter Hamilton, Email:
info.msw8721@yahoo.com.hk)
Dear Prize Winner
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of five hundred thousand pounds(£500,000) for the Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.YAHOO. Collections all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail 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.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
You are to contact your Claims Agent with immediate effect to faciliate the protocol of your winning prized before the date of Claim,Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. These are your identification numbers:
Batch number...................12/25/0340
Reff number.......................Ref:MSW-Y/101OXI/02
Winning number...................YM09788
To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent assigned to you
Mr.Walter Hamilton
(VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER)
Email: info.msw8721@yahoo.com.hk
Tel: +447023024890
You are therefore advised to send the following information to the claims agent to facilitate them and in order for them to have access in proceeding with the delivery of your winnings.
1. Full name:2.Country:3. Contact Address:4. Telephone Number:5. Marital Status:6. Occupation:7. Age:
Yours in service,
Mrs.Cynthia Ann Baron.
(Operation Manager).
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