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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:

• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447040111214 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • claims05agent@takemail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "UK OVERSEAS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY" <ah_ahmed202@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: claims05agent@takemail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:56:47 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION:

UK OVERSEAS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY
Olympic Way,Sefton Business Park,
Aintree Liverpool, L70 1NL,
United Kingdom.

Machine Used For the Draw: TOPAZ.
Winners By Lucky Dip:35
Ball Set Used: 8
Winning Numbers: 10 -12 -13 -17- 31 -37-Bonus 44
Prize Awards: GBP £ 849,048.00
Your Ref: BNS-NL/02CTG/3103/14UK



WINNING NOTIFICATION:

It is our pleasure to inform you that following the success of the
online lotto program over the years,the board early this year announced a
bonus award promotion to be drawn accross the globe using the computerised
email ballot selecting system.

We are therefore very pleased to inform you of the results of our promotions
programme held on 1st of october 2005.Participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 1000,000 names of people living
in:,America, Australia, Asia,Europe and Africa as part of our international
promotions program conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas
entries.

Your e-mail address attached with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:and Bonus Ball which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category i.e match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum of £849,048 (Eight hundred and forty nine thousand and forty eight
British pounds sterlings) in cash, credited to file reference number
BNS-NL/02CTG/3103/14UK. This is from a total cash prize of £29,716,680 ,
shared amongst the first (35) lucky winners in this category

All participants for this version were selected randomly from World Wide Web
sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,
associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion
takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in the play coupon. In
view of this, your £849,048 (Eight hundred and forty nine thousand and forty
eight British pounds sterlings) will be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till
your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner
you deem fit to receive your prize. This is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
Please be warned!!

To file for your claim, contact the claims office with the following
information below.

Mr. Thomas Green
Email:claims05agent@takemail.com
TEL: +44-704-011-1214


FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................

CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................

CITY/STATE:.......................................

COUNTRY:..........................................

NATIONALITY:......................................

SEX:.......................AGE:...................

MARITAL STATUS...................................

TEL NO:...........................................

NEXT OF KIN:......................................

OCCUPATION/COMPANY NAME:....................................
AMOUNT WON:.......................................

REFERENCE NO:................

LUCKY NO:..................



Congratulations once again from all members and staff of thisprogram.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programs.


LIZA BURNS ,CBE,
Promotion Director.
International Promotions Unit,
UK OVERSEAS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY,
Olympic Way,Sefton Business Park,
Aintree Liverpool, L70 1NL, United Kingdom


NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer
immediately.







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