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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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 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.
  • unilotto77@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Angelina McCarran" <unilotto77@msn.com>
Reply-To: unilotto77@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 11:38:56 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE A JACKPOT WINNER .

Internet lottery/ The Free Lotto Company
www.freelotto.com
Jackpot winner

Under the International Lottery and Swiss

Lotto
UK HEAD OFFICE
Unit 7, Parkway Trading Est.,
Cranford La, Hounslow,

TW5 9QA
IRELAND BRANCH
Dublin 3
Dublin – Ireland

REF NUMBER: FL2/05/207152/UK/IE
BATCH NUMBER: 962901-PCF03

Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the
Lottery Winners
International programs held on the 7th Oct 2005 all
games
promotion. Your e-mail address attached to your
lotto payment order
(i) Serial number: 45637-77UK/IE
(ii) Ticket number: GS56754/22/76UK/IE
(iii) Lotto code number: FL09622UK/IE
(iv) The file ref number: FL2/05/207152/UK/IE
The payment order (i)-(iv), which consequently won
in the 1st
category, you have therefore been approved for a
lump sum pay out of
2,500,000 (EUROS) (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
EUROS)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you
keep your winning
information confidential until your claims have been
processed and
your money remitted to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn
from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual
email addresses
and names from all over the world. This promotional
program takes
place every year.

This lottery was promoted and sponsored by eminent
personalities like
The Free Lotto Awards, Microsoft Corporation, the
Intel Group,
Toshiba, Dell Computers, Mackintosh and a
conglomeration of other
international IT companies. The free lotto Internet
draw is held once
in a year and is so organized to encourage the use
of the Internet and
computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over
200 Million Euros
are won annually in more than 150 countries
worldwide. We look
forward to your active participation in our next
year USD50 million
slot.
To process your claim, please fill the form below
and contact our
clearance office via the email address below:


**********************************************************

Clearance officer: Mr. Graham Johnson
Email Address: unilotto77@yahoo.co.uk



**********************************************************

Your fund can be release from either of the
following options and are
required to choose the mode in which you want your
claim release to
you.
1. International Bank Draft
2. Certified cheque
3. Wired transfer
If you choose option 3, you are require to provide
your account detail
Note that, all winnings must be claimed not later
than one month
starting from today, failure to respond to this mail
before one
months time from today, all unclaimed funds will be
null and void.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications,
remember to quote your reference number and batch
numbers in all
correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any
change of address do
inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being
part of our
promotional program.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE
BELOW 18 YEARS OF
AGE.


___________________________________________________________

FORM

Internet lottery/ The Free Lotto Company

UK HEAD OFFICE
Unit 7, Parkway Trading Est.,
Cranford La, Hounslow,
TW5 9QA

IRELAND BRANCH
Dublin 3
Dublin - Ireland

www.freelotto.com

LOTTERY PAYMENT APPLICATION FORM

(To be completed by lottery winners only)

Ticket Number: …………………………………………………………………
Reference Number: …………………………………………………………………
Batch Number: ……………………………………………………………………
First Name: ……………………………………………………………………………
Last Name: ……………………………………………………………………………
Home Address: ……………………………………………………………………
Town/City: …………………………………………………………………
Post Code: …………………………………………………………………
Country: …………………………………………………………………
Telephone (Home): …………………………………………………………………
Mobile: …………………………………………………………………
Fax (Private): …………………………………………………………………
Fax (Office): …………………………………………………………………
Email Address: ………………………………………………………………
Date of Birth: ………………………………………………………………………
Occupation: …………………………………………………………………………
Marital Status: ………………………………………………………………………
I.............................………hereby declare that
the above
information are true and binding on me. If at any
time it is
discovered that I have given false information, I
will forfeit my
rights to my winnings.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs Angelina McCarran.

(Lottery Coordinator)

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Please be informed that NON RESIDENTS of Ireland and
United Kingdom
will be required to procure a Affidavits of Lotto
Claim/Court
clearance certificate from the Court in Ireland
prior to award
payment policy of Organisers/European Gaming Board
as required by the
Clearance office.
Please be aware that your Paying Authority wills
Effect Payment
Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and
validation
provided by this Clearance Office
We also encourage you to visit our website at
www.freelotto.com and
take your chance to play and become part of our
daily winners.
Millions are won on a daily basis on one of the
world's most famous
free lotto service.


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