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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • +447024014793 (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.
  • georghenicole@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • certifiedauditor2010@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • thomasothomas2005@yahoo.ie
  • hrmfred_williams@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: LUIS GABRIEL URREGO FONSECA <lguf78@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 09:34:47 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Fake Money???


1. EU INTERNATIONAL GAMES LONDON-ENGLAND
UNITED KINGDOM

(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X/05
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We happily announce to you the draw (#1 ) of the EU INTERNATIONAL GAMES programes held on 27th June, 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 1416-4612-750 with Serial Number: 3187-17 drew the Lucky Drew Numbers: 3187-17Has 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 (152,900.00) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03 in a total sum of £2,140,600.00 lotto jackpot shared amongst the first Forteen (14) lucky winners in the second category i.e.
Match 5 plus! Bonus with percentage 16.9% .

All participants for the online 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

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 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. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our claims department officer:

MR. GEORGHE NICOLE
EU INTERNATIONAL GAMES LONDON-ENGLAND
UNITED KINGDOM

Email: georghenicole@yahoo.it
TEL:+447024014793
+447024014803


WINNERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS TO THE CLAIMS OFFICER:




FULL NAMES:
CONTACT ADDRESS: TELEPHONE NUMBER/FAX NUMBER: OCCUPATION:
NATIONALITY:
TICKET NUMBER:
BATCH NUMBER: REFERENCE NUMBER: SERIAL NUMBER:


CONGRATULATIONS!!! ONCE AGAIN FROM THE MEMBERS OF STAFF OF EU INTERNATIONAL GAMES.

YOUR'S SINCERELY

MRS ELINA POWELLS
Online coordinator for EU INTERNATIONAL GAMES

To all our loyal members and visitors who have helped Lottery Post to become the Internet's most active lottery community, we wish you a happy, prosperous, and lucky 2006!


2. Asalamalakum,

I am Dr
Mukhtar Kamal ,chairman- audit committee, with the Saudi Aramco Oil
Refining Company PLC., I headed the audit committee whose assignment
was to audit, review and recommend payment for all contracts awarded in
the (SA) by the passed incident that happened, the burning of (SA)
building complex, which occurred after the death of King Fahd in the
course of my review, I Discovered that the sum of USD $32,000,000
(Thirty Two Million) was floating unclaimed in the corporation account
without beneficiary. Although I have used my position & deposited the
said fund to SECURITY & FINANCE HOUSE awaiting to be claimed.

This
money emanated from an over-invoicing in the contract awarded to a
foreign firm for the supply of fixing, erecting and computerized
optimization of OIL refining machines to one of our oil refineries
during the time of the incident. Base on my status I cannot stand to
claim this money myself, hence, I decided to contact you in helping me
to receive this money from the finance house . All modalities for this
transfer have been fully worked out. I HAVE EVERY LEGAL DOCUMENTS USED
IN DEPOSITING THIS FUND TO BACK YOU UP FOR CLAIMS.

I intend to share
the money in the following manner:40% for you, 50% for me and 10% for
any miscellaneous expenses. This business is 100% risk-free. I look
forward to a fruitful business relationship with you.

Best Regards


DR MUKTAR KAMAL
Tel: +8821677740285

certifiedauditor2010@gmail.com


3.
You can now email me at: thomasothomas2005@yahoo.ie

Dear Friend,



I am Mr. Fred Williams, a Regional Supervisour with a NATIONAL TRUST SECURITY COMPANY in London England. We had a foreign client (name with held) who deposited a huge sum of money (US$10.5million) with our company.



Eventually, this client was among the victims of EGYPT AIR BOEING 767 FLIGHT NO.990 that crashed on the 31-10-1999 in U.S.A but, since then we have not had any body coming for the claims as the next of kin.



A sitaution I have monitored closely with my position in the Company. Now,having monitored this deposit and managed it over the years before his death, and hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past one year plus, I have removed the file to my private volt.



I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of kin as every other arrangement has being concluded by me and I am only waiting for a foreigner to enable me move the fund to his account.I will need your private telephone and fax numbers and your full name and address company or residential so that i can computerise them to tally with the next of kin collum in the certificate of deposit.



This does not have any risk attached to it as all the internal documentations will be handled by me. I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message and I will furnish you with details.



Lastly for the immediate take off of this transaction you have to contact me by this email address hrmfred_williams@myway.com and confirm your willingness and readiness to assist me retrive this deposit. I look forward to hearing from you.


Regards

Mr. Williams.

- Fred Williams




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