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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:
Fraud email example:
From: "YAHOO BETA AWARD LOTTO LOTTERY INC" <lottoincfree01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 04:12:07 -0700
Subject: YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS WON $300,000.US DOLLARS FOR NEW YAHOO BETA AWARD LOTTERY.
YAHOO LOTTERY INCORPORATED
REGIONAL OFFICE:
BALEY HOUSE,HAROLD ROAD
SUTTON,GREATER LONDON
SM1 4TE,UNITED KINGDOM.
DEAR WINNER
CONGRATULATION !!!!
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of THREE HUNDRED
THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS ($300,000.00) in the YEAR 2007 YAHOO!Lottery
promotion which is organized by YAHOO! LOTTERY INC for the
introduction and Launching of the new YAHOO! BETA MAIL which all
YAHOO! subscribers are required to switch to. YAHOO! & MICROSOFT
WINDOWS, arranged and gathered all the e-mail addresses of the people
that are active online,among the millions that subscribe at YAHOO!,
HOTMAIL and others, we only selected THREE (3) candidates as our
winners after undergoing the random selection process through
Electronic Balloting System (E.B.S) without the candidate applied,we
congratulate you for being one of the people selected
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM:
We are sorry that your Payment Approval File was sent to UNITED
KINGDOM due to we have 2 lucky winners in United Kingdom so that you
can be cleared and paid simultaneously there. You are to contact our
United Kingdom Location Claim Agent on or before your date of Claim.
YAHOO! Beta Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 14 days from
date of Draw Notification in which Prize has been won. Note: Any
prize not claimed within this period 14 days) will be forfeited.
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:
Batch number.....................YBM-EBS-390AF
Reff number........................YBM-EBS-719AF
Winning number...............YBM-EBS-798AF
These numbers above fall within the United Kingdom agent's Location file,
you are requested to contact him and send your Identification Numbers and
Personal Information to him;
Rev. Larry Lee at his email:
E-mail:rev_larrylee@hotmail.com
Phone: +44-702-405-4692
You are therefore advised to send the following information to him to
acilitate them and process the transfer of your fund with the appointed
paying bank.Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to
him so that he will proceed further for your prize claim immediately:
PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. Full name..................
2. Nationality...............
3. Contact Address......
4. Telephone Number..
5. Marital Status.........
6. Occupation..............
7. Age..........................
8. Sex...........................
We hope you're enjoying your new Yahoo! Mail account. Now take the next
step and claim your money and say thanks to Yahoo! You select how to
transfer the prize money to you
Cheque Delivery To Your Address
Bank Account Transfer.
CONGRATULATE YOU ONCE AGAIN!!!!
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