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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: "cashoutlottery@oland.com" <cherryandy2@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:34:17 -1200
Subject: Winner
CASHOUT PROMO LOTTERY,
2345 Tottenham Court Road London.
Dear Winner,
This is to notify you of your winning of our internet lotto
draw.All email addresses were randomly selected from a batch
of
60,000,000 emails address from the internet and yours
emerged as one of
the wihning email addresses.Consequently,you have therefore
won
yourself the sum of US$5,000,000.00 ( US$5 million )
only.Your winning
ticket and lotto code number respectively are:
(1) email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(2) lotto code number: FL09622SP
Please contact the underlisted claim agent as soon as
possible forthe
immediate release of your winnings:
CONTACT:
Claims agent
Cherry Andy
Email Addres:
cherryandy2@myway.com
Congratulations
Sincerely,
Wolfgang
Hinch
Promotions Director,
The CASHOUT Lotto company
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