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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • claimsagent415@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Claims Department" <info@nuevooropromo.net>
Reply-To: claimsagent415@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:17:31 +0000
Subject: WINNIGN NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE!!!

VODAFONE ONLINE PROMO INTERNATIONAL
In Conjunction with The National Organizing
Committe of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
FIFA Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006
organisationskomitee Deutschland
koniginstrabe 23,80539 Munchen.

From: The Desk Of the Promotions Manager,
VODAFONE ONLINE PROMO INTERNATIONAL: Prize Awards Department
Reference:FL/668530092 Batch:45301/14/FIFA06/FL.

We gladly wish to inform you of the draws of the VODAFONE ONLINE PROMO
INTERNATIONAL in
conjunction with the National Organizing Committee of the 2006 FIFA
World
Cup held on the 30TH of
August 2005 in Munich Germany.You along with 187 others were selected
winners under draws 6+J in our monthly program which will feature as
run up
to the games next year when you will be due for the final Grand
draw.However
your e-mail address attached to ticket number 508-7895-4456-224 with
serial
numbers 5223-54 drew the lucky numbers 16-43-85-33-15-73 and
consequently
won the lottery in the 2nd category. CONGRATULATIONS!!

Please be informed that all participants in this Vodafone promotion
program
have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from
over
500,000 companies and 50,000,000 individual e-mail addresses.This
Vodafone
promotion is Organized by the host country in collaboration with FIFA.
Funds
for the draws have been contributed by the major sponsors of the games
which
include adidas,Hyundai,FujiFilm,MasterCard,Gillette,Cocacola,Emirates
Air, Continental,Toshiba,Mcdonalds and a host of others. Due to the
computer
mix up of some numbers and email contacts, we ask that you keep this
award
strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and
your
money remitted.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. Also find all other
relevant Vodafone promotion Information below:Ref No: FL/668530092
Batch
No:45301/14/FIFA06/FL Zonal Draw No: IMSA2-040Grand Draw No: 14219 You
have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of One Million Five
Hundred
Thousand Great Britain Pounds (1.500.000.00 GBP) in cash credited to
file
No:LP/26510460037/02. For all our international winners the value of
the
amount comes to ($2,708,893.89 USD) Two Million Seven Hundred and Eight
Thousand, Eight Hundred and Ninety Three United States Dollars and
Eight-nine cents. For due Processing and remittance of your prize
money,remember
that you must contact your claim Agent on or before 15th of october
2005.After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember
to
Quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences.Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do
inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations again
from all
our staff and thank you for being part of our Promotions program.

Sincerely,

Miss Monica Webster

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent

Mr. Frank williams
EMAIL: claimsagent415@yahoo.co.uk
VODAFONE ONLINE PROMO INTERNATIONAL


N.B. You are automatically disqualified if you are below 18 years of
age.

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