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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:
  • "euro-afro-american-sweepstake lottery"
• 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.
  • richardbuloyi2007@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "john buba" <johnbuba12@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 13:37:42 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION

From: MR JOHN BUBA PEOPLE AND MRS PATRICIA NKOMO
Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/04
Batch: 12/25/DC34
Tel/Fax:+44-773-1313-554



CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION


My Dear

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 28th DECEMBER . in Essex United
Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 75604545 188
with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning: 06/13/17/23/32/43, which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore
been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00 (Eighty Hundred and
Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file
KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of US $1100,000,00 Million
dollars, shared amongst the first One Hundred and thirty (130) lucky winners
in this category world-wide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet
representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States
Dollars)would be released to you by Absa Bank South Africa.

Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. All participants were
selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and
extracted from over 10,000,00 companies. This promotion takes place
annually.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be
warned. To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding agent in
South Africa immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release
of your fund, contact information is as follow: -

Name: MR RICHARD BULOYI
Legal Attorneys No 25 Tower bulding carton bellon president town
Johannesburg S.A

Tel Line: + 0027 833 195 031

E-mail: richardbuloyi2007@yahoo.co.uk

E :mail: richardbuloyi2007@yahoo.co.uk

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 20th
february 2006. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote
your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated
agents or us. Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this
program that has successfully won this competition. Thank you for being part
of our promotional lottery program. As soon as you are in contact with our
agent,please keep us informed.

Sincerely,
Mr. JOHN BUBA PEOPLE : AND MRS PATRICIA NKOMO

United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.

Mr. Alexandra Davis
United Kingdom zonal Secretary General.
Thank you for your Co-operation.

_________________________________________________________________
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