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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "global mega lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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 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.
  • richardbaloyi_2010@yahoo.co.uk
  • richardbaloyi_1960@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Omega Lottery" <omegalottery_orgza@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 15:54:47 +0200
Subject: FINAL AWARD NOTIFICATION AND PRIZE CLAIM

FROM PROCESSING MANAGER DR Steven Hawksworth

Attn:Sir/Madam,

 

                         FINAL AWARD NOTIFICATION AND PRIZE CLAIM

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement on, 18/ 10/2005, of winners of the GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, held on Monday, 30th May 2005, as part of our promotional draws. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America,Asia,Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and NewZealand as part of our electronic business PromotionsProgram.

You qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for.You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial number 513-10 drew the lucky numbers 02, 09, 22, 23, 24, 30 (05) and consequently won in the Second Category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1.950 million in cash, which is the winning payout for Second category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$7.8 million shared among the 4 international winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

I am Dr.Steven Hawksworth the fiduciary agent assigned to your case I wish to Congratulate you on your victory, you are a lucky person to have won this lottery. Your email address was amongst those chosen this quarter from our new java-based software that randomly selects email addresses from the web from which winners are selected. You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your claims and certificate which will facilitate the Your winning price is to the tune of 1.950 miilion dollar.

1. Full names.

2. Mobile number.

3. Fax number.

4. Occupation.

5. Sex.

6. Age.

7. Nationality.

8.Your bank account

You are advised to forward this information as soon as possible to enable us attend to your winnings. Our firm has been contracted to handle payments on your behalf, once we confirm your information, your payments would be processed . Everything was done in such a way that our payments mode would meet the standards set by the Lottery boards.

After you have sent down these information, a certificate will be prepared for you. This is your proof of winning from this office to the payment center before they release your funds.

You are advised to keep your winning numbers secret to avoid unscrupulous elements from taking advantage of the situation.

Once again, congratulations. Your fund is now deposited with the Global mega lottery/ Finance and Company insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this awar strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our mid year (2005) high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.To begin your claim, please contact your .

You are then adviced to urgent contact your claim agent Mr Richard Baloyi for immediate proceessing and release of your winning prize.You can contact him on the below information.

MR. RICHARD BALOYI

FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,

Universal Buildiing, 132 - 133 Park Hurst

Balfour - Unite 1440

Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001

SOUTH AFRICA

OMEGA CROSSING.

TEL: 27-83-561-9859.

EMAIL: richardbaloyi_2010@yahoo.co.uk

EMAIL:richardbaloyi_1960@hotmail.com

Contact the claim agent immediately; For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 30th-10- 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 provided below in every one of your correspondences with your claims agent. REFERENCE NUMBER: FLS-ZR39-825P-4,BATCH NUMBER: 74-263-BBN. Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

Dr. Steven Hawksworth.

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