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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447031905623 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448701219864 (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.
  • jasonsmith23@mixmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "ANN STEWART" <annstewart89@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 06:07:37 +0000
Subject: Notice

The Thunderball Promo organization
In Conjunction with The National Organizing
Committe of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
FIFA Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006
organisationskomitee Deutschland
koniginstrabe 23,80539 Munchen.


From: The Desk of the Promotions Manager,

The Thunderball Promo Lottery Organization
Reference: TPL/668530092 Batch: 45301/14/FIFA06/TPL
Award Notification

Date: 20.07.05

WINNING NOTICE

We gladly wish to inform you of the draws of the Thunderball Promo Lottery
Organization in conjunction with the National Organizing Committee of the
2006 FIFA World Cup held on the 18TH of July 2005 here in Munich Germany.
You along with 14 others were selected winners under draws 6+J in our
monthly program which will feature as run up to the games next year when you
will be due for the final Grand draw. However your e-mail address attached
to ticket number 508-7895-4456-224 with serial numbers 5223-54 drew the
lucky numbers 16-43-85-33-15-73 and consequently won the lottery in the 5th
category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!

Please be informed that all participants in this lottery program have been
selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 500,000
companies and 50,000,000 individual e-mail addresses. This Lottery is
Organized by the host country in collaboration with FIFA.Funds for the draws
have been contributed by the major sponsors of the games which include
Adidas, Hyundai, Fuji Film, MasterCard, Gillette, Coca-Cola, Emirates Air,
Continental, Toshiba, McDonalds and a host of others.

Your funds are now deposited with a Finance and Security House. Due to the
mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly
from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. To begin your claim,
please contact the clearing house (through your claims agent) the body
assigned with the verification of any emergent winner. Therefore all
protocols laid down by them must be followed to facilitate your claims:

CONTACT: MR. Jason Smith,
CLIENT SERVICE MANAGER,
Kittson Finance and Securities Ltd,
London, U. K.
TEL NO.: +44-703-190-5623
FAX NO: +44-870-121-9864
EMAIL: jasonsmith23@mixmail.com.



Also find all other relevant winning lottery Information below:
Ref No: TPL/668530092
Batch No: 45301/14/FIFA06/TPL
Zonal Draw No: IMSA2-040
Grand Draw No: 14219

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$300,000.00
(Three Hundred Thousand Dollars only) in cash credited to file REF NO:
TPL/668530092.For due processing and remittance of your prize money,
remember that you must contact your claim agent not later than 31st October,
2005. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to
Quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do
inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all
our staff and thank you for being part of our Promotions program. Please do
not reply to this email address.

Sincerely,

Ms. Ann Stewart
The Promotions Manager

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
Disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claim
agent. Also you are automatically disqualified if you are below 18 years of
age.

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