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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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.
  • +27836743344 (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.
  • agent_kelebomegacrossing@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: omega_yabo_lottery@yahoo.ca
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 05:18:25 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS




CONGRATULATIONS

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

FINAL NOTICE OF AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 14/ 10/2006, of winners of


the
YABO MILLIONARE/OMEGA CROSSING/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 5/ 10/
2006 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 New Zealand as part of
our
electronic business Promotions Program.
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 9, 6, 12, 29, 30, 45, 49, and consequently won in the
Second Category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
S$2,000,000.00 in cash,


which is the winning payout for Second category winners.


This is from the total prize money of US$14,000,000.00 shared among
the seven

international winners in his Second category.







CONGRATULATIONS!
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 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 end of the year (2006) high stakes US$1.3
billion

International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent immediately;
MR. KELEB MADOZA
PHONE:+27-836-743-344
EMAIL: agent_kelebomegacrossing@yahoo.ca
http://www.omegacrossing.8m.com
Contact Address: # 25 RICHARDS RYLAAN, AUCKLAND PARK , 0083
P.O. Box 524, AUCKLANDPARK
JOHANNESBURG 2001
SOUTH AFRICA
YABO MILLIONARE/OMEGA CROSSING.
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 two

days of announcement. 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,
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
YABO MILLIONARE/OMEGA CROSSING.
Address: # 25 RICHARDS RYLAAN,
AUCKLAND PARK, 0083
P.O. Box 524, AUCKLANDPARK
JOHANNESBURG 2001
SOUTH AFRICA.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to

disqualification.
Please do not reply to this mailbox. Contact your claims agent through
his

email contact above.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

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