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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"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claim 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.
  • +447031872255 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +27783715006 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • drmrsjgray@canada.com

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTERY ORGANISATION" <gnngray06@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:21:48 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION

    

Dr.Mrs.Jenniffer Gray.

Email contact:drmrsjgray@canada.com

Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery

Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton

Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex

United Kingdom

Contact the Chairperson Lottery Organized Committee

Dr.Wilson Goodman

Tel:+44 703 1872 255

No : 125 St Michael’s street

Plot 2A Harrison Drive

Ontario Or 235 Kings Street West

Toronto , Ontario Canada.

Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914

Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/04

Batch No Lotto 6/49

Draw Coupon : Match 6+B

                      

   CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION

  Dear Sir/Madam,

  

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American sweepstake Lottery International programs held  in Essex United Kingdom and Canada. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 75604545 100 with! Serial number 46560 drew the winning numbers 1/14/24/30/35/45, with a bonus # 9 , for LOTTO 6/49 under the choice of the lottery in the 2nd category of daily three. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file EAAL/9080118308/04. 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

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

  

  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 and personal e-mails.

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 programe 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: -

  

Mr.Harris Mark( Esq.)

Solicitors,Conveyancers & Notary Public

Jan Smuts Rd 9 walters Ave

Rose Bank Johannesburg,

South Africa.

Tel: +27 78 371 5006

Fax: +27 11 507 5156

E-mail: harrismarkesq@elitemail.org

  Please be informed that all winning must be claimed within one month of play .Kindly understand that your winned sum is insured to avoid double claiming and security from misconduct. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any

correspondences with our designated agents. Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program that has successfully won this competition.

  Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,

  

Mrs.Jenniffer Gray.

United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator

Mrs Kenny Martin Asst Sec

Mr.Grey Johnson

Canadian/American Zonal Secretary General.

Switzerland Zonal Co-coordinator For African Winners

Bar Mar Sanchez.

African/European Head Office

Baumgartenstrasse 15

Postfach 686 Geneva

CH-8201 Schaffhausen

  

You are to provide the claim agent with the under listed

information as soon as possible:

  

  1. NAME IN FULL:................................

  2. ADDRESS:.....................................

  3. NATIONALITY:.................................

  4. AGE:.........................................

  5. Sex..........................................

  6. OCCUPATION:..................................

  7. MARITAL STATUS:..............................

  8. PHONE.......................................

  9. FAX:........................................

  10.WINNING REF................................,

  

              IMPORTANT NOTICE:

  (a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process, failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings Forfeiture. Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.

  (b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions of claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize awards winning.

  (c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning details very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.

  

Congratulations once  again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our Promotions program.

  The Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake Lottery Promos Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies with the support of some financial institution. The the

Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake Lottery  internet draw in each quarter of the year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.

  

Thanks for your Co-operation in anticipation  This email is confidential. It may also be privileged or otherwise protected by other legal rules. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately on the telephone number given below and delete the message from all locations on your computer. You should not copy this email or use it for any purpose or disclose its contents to any other person: to do so may be unlawful.

  

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