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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:55:04 +0100 (IST)
Subject: Your Email Won The Prize
Your Email Won The Prize
The Spanish Hotball Lotto
REFERENCE #:87/825/TRH
BATCH #: MEG-749-873-439
Sir/Madam,
Being officially assigned to select winners across the
globe, the
management is pleased to inform you of the result of the
Hot Lotto Spanish
Lottery Winners International E-mail programs held on the
29th September,2008
and result was released on the 20th October,2008. Your
E-mail address
attached to ticket number 653-908-321-675 with serial main
number
528-127-196 drew lucky star numbers 25-78-54-36-49 which
consequently won
in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for
a lump sum pay
out of EUR1.500.000.00 Euros, with REFERENCE
No.:87/825/TRH and BATCH #:
MEG-749-873-439.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you
keep your winning
information confidential until your claims have been
processed and your
money remitted to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by
some
participants. All participants were selected through a
computer ballot
system drawn from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000
individual email
addresses and names from all over the world.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Software
companies in order to
enhance and
promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and
Microsoft-wares around the
globe.
To file for your claim, please contact our foreign service
manager:
Mr Louis E. Greg
email:louisgreg60@gmail.com
Tel:Â 34 657 548 514
Foreign Service Manager
Congratulations for
being part of our
promotional program.
Sincerely,
Carmen Rodriguez
International Online Co-ordinator
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