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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.
  • +447024084077 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • officialirishclaimsagent@yahoo.co.uk
  • @yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "MARTIN HILL" <officialirishsweepstakes3@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: officialirishlotto@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:13:05 +0000
Subject: APPROVED IRISH WINNING NOTIFICATION !

 

 

The Irish Lottery
47 Meadow Vale,
Sligo, Ireland.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the IRISH LOTTERY PROGRAMME online Sweepstakes International Program held on 19th May,2006.

Your e-mail address attached to the winning ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/05 drew the lucky numbers: 10,13,24,24,25,36,41,08 which subsequently won the JACKPOT. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £ 1,000,000 in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/05 of Irish Lottery.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, 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 Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your   £ 1,000,000 would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe,U.K(LONON).

        

         In order to avoid SCAM or imitation we are out with a new system of sending you a file of the SCANNED Bank Draft that bears your name online before it gets to you, this for you to be sure you have the right bank draft whenever you get it and assurance of  the right lottery .

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 below citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through Sunday

 

Overseas Claims Unit

 

Dr. CHERYL SMITH
and

Assistant Thomas Phillip

Tel:+44 702 4084 077
Email:officialirishclaimsagent@yahoo.co.uk

 

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM

1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________

2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________

____________________________________________

3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________

5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________

6.OCCUPATION:________________________

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

9.LOTTO NUMBER:____________________ B. DRAW NUMBER:______________

10.TICKET NUMBER:___________________

11.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________

12.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________

13.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________

___________________________________________

14. STATE:__________________________________

15. COUNTRY________________________________

Good luck from me and members of staff of the IRISH LOTTERY.

Sincerely
Martin hill

Online Co-ordinator for IRISH LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKE PROGRAMME 2006 

 

 

You don't have to live in Ireland to play and all winnings are TAX-FREE! The draws takes place every Wednesday and Saturday night on national television (RTE). The IRISH LOTTERY replaced the IRISH HOSPITAL SWEEPSTAKES

 

The configured reply email address to this message is: officialirishlotto@yahoo.co.uk    

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