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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: interbondedcourierrr@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 15:19:19 -0000
Subject: FINAL AWARD NOTICE
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We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement today, 2rd
NOVEMBER,2008 for winners of the BRITISH NATIONAL
LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME, held on the 28TH May,2008.
Congratulations,you have just won yourself £750,000.00 in the
satellite software email lottery conducted by BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY
PROMOTION in which your e-mail address was randomly
selected by software powered by the Internet.Your email address was amongst
those chosen this quarter and you are to contact our AFFILIATED COURIER
COMPANY for delivery of your certificate,cheque of £750,000.00,A Dell
Inspiron 6400 Laptop, A British
Lottery Branded T-shirt and A British Lottery Branded Baseball cap. When
contacting them you are to include this order Number
37096218 as your secret number of your parcel to the courier company.
1. Full Names: 2. Address: 3. Age: 4. Sex: 5. Marital
Status: 6. Occupation: 7. Phone numbers: 8. Fax number: 9. Country
Mr.John Lawrence
INTERNATIONAL BONDED COURIERS
EMAIL: interbondedcourierrr@gmail.com
***Yours Truly,*****
Sir. Richard K. Lloyd.
co-ordinator(Online Promo Pro gramme).
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