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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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.
  • kentpeters127@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Online Notification" <uolcoordinator2006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kentpeters127@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 01:27:23 +0100
Subject: UK ONLINE LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION, FILE FOR YOUR CLAIMS!!!

    

 

Uk Online Lottery

Brookmount House,
62-65 Chandos Place,
Covent Garden,
London, WC2N 4LP
(Customer Services)
Date: May 28th 2006
WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Ref: UKL/04210X2/65
Batch: 0741/060/DK369

Dear Winner,

We officially announce to you the draw (#604) of the UK ONLINE LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on the 26th of May 2006.

 

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serialnumber 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:

 

, Bonus Ball [1] which subsequently won you the lottery in the First category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000 (Five hundred thousand pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

 

The internet emailing idea was used, since most people are not able to purchase tickets and play outside the UK. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.

This is from a total cash prize of £10,000,000 shared amongst the first four(20)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

 

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000unions,associations,and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in London as indicated in your play coupon.

In  view of this, your £500,000 (Five hundred thousand pounds
sterlings)would be released to you by any of our payment offices in
Europe.

 

Our European agent will immediately commence theprocess to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

 

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Please be warned.To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent:

 

Overseas Claims Unit

 

Uk Online Lottery.

Mr Kent Peters

Email: kentpeters127@yahoo.co.uk

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish
contact via e-mail with the particulars presented above citing the batch
and reference numbers to this letter.

                    

Yours faithfully,

 

Mr James Sylvester

   

 

 Online Co-ordinator

 

          

 

                                     

Claims processing form

FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:

CONTACT ADDRESS:
CITY/STATE:
COUNTRY:

NATIONALITY:

SEX:

AGE:

MARITAL STATUS:
TEL NO:
NEXT OF KIN:

OCCUPATION:

ANNUAL INCOME:

AMOUNT WON:
REFERENCE NO:

BATCH NO:
LUCKY NO:

TICKET NO:
SERIAL NO:

LOTTERY DATE:

 

Sweepstakes International Program.                                  
Open 7 days 8am-8pm               

 

LAST WINNERS ON THE UK ONLINE LOTTERY GAME.

 

 

                               

 

                                            

                                       

 

                               

 

 

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

 

                                     Copyright 1994-2006 The UK ONLINE LOTTERY Inc.

 

 

                                                  

                                77635 476378 255667460 

                                Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and 
                                press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so
                                    desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of
                                 confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems
                                 associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary
                              measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. 

                              Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK ONLINE LOTTERY.

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