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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.
  • +31649266092 (Netherlands, 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.
  • claporg@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: Bruno Banks [B.B] A.Van Dar Brink <claporgi@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: clpaorg@yahoo.com, "[CLPAORG]"@kelvin.pobox.com
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 06:31:15 +0200
Subject: YOU HAVE WON A CASH PRICE





Gates and Branson Charity Lottery
WTC Complex
Strawinskylaan 1211
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland.


CHARITY LOTTERY PRIZE AWARD

Your winning reference number is: NL9834QL.

Gates and Branson Charity Lottery was co-sponsored by Mr. Bill Gate of
Microsoft and Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Holdings worldwide and
supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in their effort to
spearhead a global campaign to eradicate poverty.

"We cannot talk about eradicating poverty without considering the
future of our children," Bill Gate told a group of diplomats, entertainers,
government officials and representatives of aid agencies at the United Nations in
New York recently. "We ignore their development at our own peril. It is
through them that we invest in the future of the economy, in the future
security of the world and in its future social health and stability."

This email is meant to inform you that you have won a cash prize of One
Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in the Gates and Branson online Charity
Lottery draw held in The Netherlands. Your email address won in the
Charity Lottery held on the 11th of OCTOBER 2005.

The humanitarian and "selfless giving efforts of Mr. Bill Gate of
Microsoft and Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Holdings worldwide have resulted to
the making of five millionaires monthly for a period of five years. Mr.
Bill Gate and Sir Richard Branson are two staunch men that see poverty as an

impediment to sustainable development.

The five winning emails in the Gates and Branson online Charity Lottery
draw were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw
system and extracted from over fifty million unions, associations, and
corporate bodies that are listed online.

Your winning reference number is: NL9834QL.

Our accredited agent in The Netherlands will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds. Please request for
winning validation requirement from the accredited agent.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your winning prize
remitted to you in whatever manner you deem appropriate. This is part of our

precautionary measure to avoid possible abuse of this program.

To begin your claim, please contact our accredited agent, GLOBAL
FINANCE DIPLOMATS: Please send your winning reference numbers and your winning
email address, including your contact telephone numbers to the
accredited agent - GLOBAL FINANCE DIPLOMATS:

Contact Person[s]: Mr.Bruno Banks[B.B]and Abraham van der Brink
GLOBAL FINANCE DIPLOMATS.
Tel: +31-649-266-092
+31-204-162-535
Fax: +31-203-680-293
Email: claporg@yahoo.com[CLAP]

Please be informed that Mr.Bruno Banks[B.B]and Abraham van der Brink of Global
Finance Diplomats will be responsible for the processing and transfer
of your winnings amount to you. Note that your winning must be claimed not
later than 11th of NOVEMBER 2005 to enable the preparations of next
month draw. Join the global campaign to eradicate poverty and make the world

a better place for our children. SAY NO TO POVERTY.


Yours Sincerely,

Prof. Hillary Davidson.
Gates and Branson Charity Lottery Coordinator.

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IMPORTANT CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain confidential
information and privileged material and it is intended only for the use
of the recipient addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this
message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission,
dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in
reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please
contact the sender, Gates and Branson Charity Lottery Coordinator and
delete from your in-box. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or action on
the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. - Join the global
campaign to eradicate poverty and make the world a better place for our
children. SAY NO TO POVERTY.

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