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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:

• 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.
  • +27736468328 (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.
  • esq_paulbrown@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "southafrica2010wc01 southafrica2010wc01" <southafrica2010wc01@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:30:07 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!,CONGRATULATIONS!

     YOU ARE AMONG OUR 10 LATEST MILLIONAIRES!
    SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLDCUP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE IN CONJUNCTION WITH FEDERATION INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
                                                     [FIFA]
                                         Our Latest surprises!

                     LATEST RESULT OF THE ESS PROMOTION 
                                                                                                         

                                               

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of  [$1,000,000.00] One Million United States Dollars. This is in line with our promotion for the world-cup come 2010. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system (ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

 

This promotion is sponsored by the Federation International Football Association [FIFA], and approved by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This promotion is the first of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.
 
To begin the process of your prize and to find out more about this promotion, you are to contact our claims agency stated below: 
 
                                  Zodiac House Promotion Company
                           Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa

 

                                                    CONTACT

  

                                              MR. PAUL BROWN

                                           Mobile: +27 736468328

                                    E.mai; esq_paulbrown@yahoo.com 

                                                               
When you contact the agency, please provide them with your secret pin code x7pwyz2006 and your reference number BWBI: 2551256003/23. You are also advised to provide them with the under listed information as soon as possible:
 
                                  Details of Beneficiary
Name ;.....................................................................................

 

(Surname):...............................................................................
 
Address:...................................................................................
 
Country:...................................................................................
 
Mobil Phone,Fax Number  :....................................................

 

Gender:....................................................................................
 
Marital Status:.........................................................................
 
Age:..........................................................................................
 
Occupation:..............................................................................

 

Banking Details:.......................................................................

 

Email Address:..........................................................................
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/ INDIVIDUAL:
 
....................................................................................................

....................................................................................................

....................................................................................................
 
_______________         _________________
 
     Date:                          Signature:
 
Endeavor to email/fax the agency your full names, Ref/Pin numbers, email
Address, telephone and fax numbers immediately.
If you do not contact the claims agency within 30 working days of this notification, your winning would be revoked. Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the transfer/claim by Winner. Accept my hearty congratulations once again!
 
Regards,
Mr. James Stevenson
Promotion Manager
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                                        100860 8556 2548 9576ZA

   

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