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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: Yahoo MSN Hotmail Lottery <drgejones4@msn.com>
Reply-To: <eventmanageroffice@mail2uk.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:08:39 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Congratula?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?tions!!_Yo?=
=?iso-8859-1?Q?u_Won_=A3800?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?=2C_000.00_G?=
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=?iso-8859-1?Q?l_Promotio?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?n?=
Divison of Yahoo MSN Hotmail Internet Lottery
Payment No. GB30922 Date: 14th March,2009
PAY THE AMOUNT OF:EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS*£800,000.00*
AUTHORISED BY YAHOO MAIL INC.
CONGRATULATIONS !!!!
YOU WON £800.000.00 POUNDS!
YOU HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS ONE OF TOP THE 12 LUCKY WINNERS !!!
Yahoo, MSN and Hotmail gives members random cash prizes. Today,your account
is randomly selected as among the 12 top winners accounts who will get
cash prizes from us. We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize
money of (Eight Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds (£800,000.00 GBP) for
the month of MARCH,2009 lottery prize promotions
which is organized by Yahoo, MSN and Hotmail every month.
Yahoo, MSN and Hotmail collects all the mail "ID" of their registered
member that are online/ offline. Among the millions that subscribe to
Yahoo, MSN and Hotmail email account and other email addresses on Microsoft
worldwide. We only select twelve people every month as our winners through
electronic balloting System without the winner applying, since your email
"ID" is already existing in our computer system.We are
congratulating you for been one of the people selected for this month.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more
your details (e-mail address) falls within our British representative
office in United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize
of £800,000.00 GBP will be released to you from our regional office in UK.
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for £1.3 Billion GBP international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
Below particulars are your identification numbers.......................
Batch number.....................Lwh 09445
Lotto number.......................Lwh09446
Winning number.....................Lwh09447
To begin your claims, kindly contact the event manager, Dr. John Henry,
with the following information's listed below
1.FULL NAME..........................................
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.........................
3.PRESENT ADRESS................................
4.POSTCODE............................................
5.DATE OF BIRTH....................................
6.OCCUPATION.........................................
7.SEX.............................................................
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER...........................
9.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)..........................
10.MARITAL STATUS.................................
11.WINNING NUMBER,BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER..........
As soon as you contact the Event Manager via this email address: (
eventmanageroffice@mail2uk.com or
eventmanagerunit@live.com)
he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money...
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Congratulations once more!!
Yours Sincerely,
DR. JONES GERALD (PHD)
CHIEF LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com
http://www.yahoo.com
SECURITY
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until
your claim is processed and your prize released to you. Please do not reply
to this Email again. Contact the Event Manager (Dr John Henry ) through any
of those two email addresses above.Any breach of confidentiality on the
part of the winners will result to disqualification.
NOTE: IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS EMAIL AND FORWARDED YOUR INFORMATION TO OUR
OTHER EMAIL ADDRESS, PLEASE WE WILL ADVISE YOU TO RESENT IT TO THIS TWO NEW
EMAIL ADDRESSESE ABOVE.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non- unofficial
personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed otherwise the funds will be
returned as unclaimed.
Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of YAHOO!
MSN! HOTMAIL! Thank you for being part of this promotional email lottery
program.
Security Advice :At The Yahoo MSN Hotmail International Internet Lottery we understand
the importance of security.That's why we've created highly secure facilities to give you
confidence during our promotions programs.Therefore you are totally free from scam on
our Lottery promotions programs.
NOTICE: You have received this message from Yahoo International Lotto
Lottery prize dept. because Yahoo, MSN and Hotmail collects all the mail
"ID" of their registered member that are online/ offline... Among the
millions that subscribe to Yahoo,MSN and Hotmail and other email addresses
on Microsoft worldwide.
Thank you.
MANAGEMENT.
YAHOO MSN HOTMAIL INTERNET LOTTERY.
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