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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: samuelsodeh3@freenet.de
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:01:47 +0200
Subject: UNCLAIMED LOTTO PRIZE PAYMENT NOTICE.
INTERNATIONAL LOTTO ORGANIZATION
Rue 153 Juan Hurtado De Mendoza
Boulevard 6D,
Cotonou 28044, Republic du Benin.
UNCLAIMED LOTTO PRIZE
PAYMENT NOTICE.
ATTENTION TO THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL ADDRESS;
Winner in
the 2nd category of our Euroafriq free Net
Lottery Promotional award
draws held December 2007.
I am writing in respect to your lotto winning
prize of
$1,915,810.00(One Million, Nine hundred and fifteen thousand
eight
hundred and ten US Dollars only) which you won through
the email
ballot draws in our Euroafriq Lotto Award in
2007 in the second category
prize winnings category.
We wish to inform you that your total prize
money of
$1,915,810.00 has been returned to us by our Lotto claims
Agent
as unclaimed prize after their initial letter to
your address for your
payment was not successful, We are
writing in regards to payment of your
Winnings to you.
You are here by requested to contact our
Treasury
Office on telephone (00229)93013428 or
email:
(lottotreasury_dep210@yahoo.fr) for your immediate
payment.Our Treasury
officer\'s name is David Morrison,
so refer this to him and contact him
immediately for
your unclaimed lotto prize payment to you.
You should
contact our Treasury Officer as directed
above for your payment, and do
notify me as soon as you
received your payment from our
Treasurer.
Thanks,
Mrs Vera Gonzales.
President; Int\'l Lotto
Org.
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