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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: claim.irishagent2@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:12:40 -0000
Subject: HURRY!!! YOUR EMAIL HAS WON!!! CONGRATULATION!!!
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF NO: MMIL/7762367424/08
BATCH NO: 2178/108/MMD
ATTN: Winner,
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform today being the 21st of November 2008 the release
of the result of the EURO MEGA MILLION NATIONAL IRISH LOTTERY held on 11th
of August 2008. Your email address was attached to ticket number
42-23-0-113-69-½ with serial number 7773-05 and drew the lucky numbers
736-22575993-86 and consequently won in category (A).
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of 815,960 (EIGHT
HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY EUROS) in cash
credited to file REF NO: MMIL/3762367224/08. This from total cash prize of
14,464,450:00 (FOURTEEN MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND,
FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY EUROS) shared among the seventeen international
winner in this Category. All participants were selected through our
computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database drawn from
only Microsoft users from over 200,000.00 companies and 3,000,000
individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
No tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different
ticket numbers for representation and privacy. This is to encourage users
to Continues the use of E-mail and non-users to try and use emails. Your
winning fund has been insured with your Reference No: MSW-L/327015002/08
and will be ready for delivery. ATTN; call the foreign operations manager
for the processing of your prize money. To file for your claim, please
contact our fiduciary agent:
***************************************
NAME: BOBBY SEAN.
Email: claim.irishagent3@gmail.com
Tel: 00 353 857 587 710
Fax: 00 353 1 258 6008
Hence, carefully fill in the appropriate information in the space provided
below for record purposes to facilitate our immediate commencement of your
claims process and remittance of your prize money to a designated account
of your choice.
The completed form should be sent to your claims agent for immediate
commencement of prize remittance.
*Name :
*Address:
*City/State:
*Nationality:
*Sex:
*Age:
*Country:
*Email Address:
*Tel:
*Occupation:
*Date of Notification:
*AMOUNT WON:
*Lucky No:
*Batch No:
Remember all prize money must be claimed not later than Three weeks
(3wks). After this date all funds will be returned to the Department of
the Taoiseach as unclaimed
Note. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every of your
correspondence with your agent or us. Furthermore, should there be any
change of your email address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.
Congratulations again from all members of our staff and thank you for
being a
part of our promotion program.
Thanks
SARAH RYAN
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