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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: "Victory Online Lottery"<vi.lot@easy.la>
Reply-To: <claimsdepartment.info@sweeps-wallace.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 14.53.55 +0200
Subject: Batch: 430456543-DD23.
VICTORY ONLINE LOTTERY
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY.
REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED KINGDOM DATA PROTECTION ACT;
(Registration MLI7410-6642).
Ref: 639/898/002
Batch: 430456543-DD23.
We are pleased to inform you that you are among the winners of the
VICTORY LOTTERY INTERNET PROMOTION PROGRAM. Participants were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses
of individuals and companies from all parts of the world as part of
our electronic business Promotions Program.
As a result of your visiting various websites, you/your Company email
address attached to ticket number 08 15 30 31 34 43 40, with serial number
1172-554 drew the lucky numbers 08-04-33-38-BL-AU, Your Reference Number is: 639/898/002 and consequently you won
in the third Category of the VICTORY LOTTERY INTERNET DRAW.
You have therefore been approved for the payment of the sum of
$1,500,000.00 (One million Five hundred Thousand Dollars only) as your winning
prize.
This is from a total prize pool of 15,000,000.00 Dollars,
shared among ten international winners in the third category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Please be informed that your winnings of the sum of $1.500,000.00 has
been zoned to the European Processing Office.
Send an email with your Reference Number 639/898/002 and Batch number
430456543-DD23.
TO:EUROPEAN CONTACT AGENCY:
MR WALLACE BLAKE
EMAIL: victoryonline@sweeps-wallace.com
Yours faithfully,
Maria Rodrigues.
(Online Promotion Co-ordinator)
NOTE: To avoid disqualification or double claiming, we advice that
your winnings should be kept very confidential until your cash prize
has been remitted to you. This is in accordance with section 13(1)
(n) of the National Gambling Act as adopted in 1993 and amended on
3rd July 1996 by the constitutional assembly.
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