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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • ojewilson@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "Dennis Owen" <dennisowenn@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dennis_owen@walla.com
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:51:07 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!

ONE WORLD INTERNATIONAL LOTTO
44,QUIGLEY STREET
SE 12 5 BD,LONDON-UK.
Dear Sir/Madam,

YOU WON:750.000.00 pounds sterling!!

With utmost joy, we are pleased to inform you of the results on the
SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY; THE UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM held
on the 9th September,2005
drew a cash prize of 750.000.00 pounds.

Your e-mail address attached to Code number 370011672387-290-02 with claim
number 12093782/42 drew these lucky numbers 894-4563-001-764-64-2911, which
consequently won in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved of a
lump sum pay out of pounds sterling 24,000,000.00 pounds
sterling shared among the 50 international winners.

Be advised that due to incessant mix up in cash prize transfer to previous
winners, we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until
your claims is been processed and your funds (750.000.00 pounds sterling
)transferred to you. This security measure is important; its protocol meant
to avoid double claims, transfer and unwarranted abuse of this program by
other participants.

METHOD OF SELECTING WINNERS:

participants were selected anonymously through a private ballot system
(computer ballot) from over 35,000 companies and 70,000 individual e-mail
addresses all over the world.

This is promotional program takes place bi-annually, and it is promoted and
sponsored Orient software corporation (Orient Networks). It is met to reward
some individuals and corporations who have devoted their time and resources
surfing the world wide web (www) with their email addresses. Remember, all
winning must be claimed not later than 5 working days from today. After the
expiration of that time frame, if your funds are unclaimed, it will be
refunded to u s and included in our next draws.

We hope you will use part of your cash prize to participate in our next
18million pounds sterling draws in March 2006.

Lastly, in order to avoid unnecessary delays/complications with the transfer
of your funds to you, please always remember to quote your Code number in
all correspondence .

Furthermore, should there be any change of your present address, please
notify us immediately so to make the appropriate adjustment.

Congratulations again from the management and staffs of ONE WORLD
INTERNATIONAL LOTTO
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kindly, immediately you contact our file/claim officer

Sir Oje Wilson
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
ONE WORLD INT. LOTTO
lONDON,U.K
Email:ojewilson@netscape.net

Please Send the following details:

PERSONAL DATA

FULL NAMES:________________________________________

GENDER____________________________________________

DATE OF BIRTH:_____________________________________

NATIONALITY: _______________________________________

COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE: ___________________________

MARITAL STATUS: __________________________________

HOME ADDRESS:____________________________________

OFFICE ADDRESS:___________________________________

TELEPHONE NUMBER:________________________________

FAX NUMBER:________________________________________

OCCUPATION:________________________________________

POSITION HELD:______________________________________

EMAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________________

NEXT OF KIN:______________________________ ________

Then write : I Am The winner of the last
SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY draws, with a
cash prize of 750.000.00 pounds sterling. Kindly advise me with details of
the process of the transfer of my cash prize within the next 5-working days.

Congratulations.
Yours in services,
dennis owen.
(Lottery Coordinator)

Note: Participants below 21 years are automatically disqualified.
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