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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: "uklotto online" <uknationallotto09@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 22:10:57 +0000
Subject: WINNER!!!
FREE CLIAM LOTTERY COMPANY
AWARD DEPARTMENT
9 Chaucer House
Churchill gardens
UK London, SW1V 3DW
United Kingdom.
www.freelotto.com
WINNER! WINNER!! WINNER!!!
This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL
LOTTERY BALLOT INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING
BOARD held on the 3rd September 2005.
Due to the mix up of numbers, the results were
released on the 5th October, 2005. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 389016324 under
agent ID: 12 which subsequently won you the lottery
in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout
of $4,000,000.00 (Four Million Dollars) in cash drawn
in your favor as beneficiary and covered with HIGH
IRREVOCABLE GURRANTY BOUND POLICY.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that
you keep your winning information confidential until
your claim has 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 unauthorized persons.
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn, from only Microsoft users from
over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000 individual
email addresses and names from all over the world.
To begin your lottery claim, please contact our agent
below that has been appointed for the processing of
your claim with the email address below:
CONTACT NAME: Mr. paul simth
CITY/ COUNTRY: London, United Kingdom.
EMAIL: lottery_ahent@yahoo.co.uk
Warning: If any winner thinks that this program is a SCAM or a JOKE
Please you are advised not to reply this email, because we want to avoid
embarrassment, of winner and the abuse of this lottery program because we
have responsible bodies that handle that kind of affairs.
Secondly, you are not supposed to reply to this contact email address
because it would not be responded to.
Note: that all winning must be claimed not later than
their deadline date of receiving this notification. After this date
all unclaimed, funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your WINNING
NUMBER in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform our agent as soon as possible.
The Free Claim lottery company is proudly sponsored by a Diamond company.
Located in Brazil and also the Free Lotto Internet draw is held once in a
year and it is organized, because we are fats approaching the end of the
year, so this $4 Million dollars is a Christmas prize to our lucky winners.
So I will like to congratulate you because you will have the pleasure to
thank God, for what you have achieved in 2005.
And we are proud to say that over 200 Million Pounds Sterling are won
annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.
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.
Thank you once more for your usual anticipation.
Your Faithfully,
Mr. Van Gouh
Public Relations Officer.
United Kingdom
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