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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")
  • "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • ftsfinancenl@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: ddrEuromillions Lottery Win <iceuromilloneslottodraws@europe.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 02:07:41 +0200
Subject: EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY SPAIN, EMAIL LOTTERY WIN NOTIFICATION tqtdj

EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY
Don Pedro de Luna 67
50 - 010 VALENCIA
SPAIN

Ref: EUM/9420X2/70
Batch: 074/05/ZY345

FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:

www.losmillones.com/loto/euromillones/analisis.html

BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to notify you the draw (#1078) of the EUROMILLONES LOTTERY, Online Sweepstakes
International Lottery Program held on 16th June 2006. Participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from Europe,
America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North & South America as part of
our international promotions programme. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our
subsequent lottery jackpots.

The result of our computer draw (#1078) selected your name and email address attached to e-ticket
number: 56475612545 187 with Serial number 5368/03 drew the lucky numbers:
07-15-19-23-37-48(Bonus Ball 45) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e. Match
6. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €950.000 euro (Nine hundred and Fifty
Thousand Euro) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/07.This is from a total cash prize of
€4,580,352 (Four Million, Five Hundred And Eighty Thousand, Three Hundred And Fifty Two Euro)
shared amongst 6 lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 6.

Your prize award has been insured with your email and is ready for claims. To begin your claims, you are
advised to expeditiously contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Lottery Winners
for the processing of your winning and remittance to your designated bank account after all statutory
obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with.

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 €950,000.00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Euros) will be release to you by our fiduciary agent in Netherlands. Please be informed that
claims not processed within the stipulated period may be forfeited to the pool without further notice.

Our Lottery Claim 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 sending the batch and reference numbers and these informations below for quick verifications and
release of funds between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through Friday.

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. Any lottery double claim detected by our monitoring committee will lead to the EUROMILLONES
lottery cacelling the winnings. making a loss for both the real winner, and the fake (intended) claimer.

Below you will find a Documentation Form, requesting your required particulars.

EUROMILLONES LOTTERY DOCUMENTATION FORM

FULL NAMES:__________________________________
ADDRESS: _________________________________________________
CITY:_________________________
STATE:__________________________________ ZIP: _____________________
PHONE:__________________________________
COUNTRY________________________________
SEX:_______________
AGE:__________________
MARITAL STATUS:_________________
OCCUPATION:________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
NATIONALITY_________________________

You are required to fill and submit the above particulars to our Overseas Claims/Netherlands Payment
Unit with the below email address.
***********************************************************************************
Mr.Fred Burke
Foreign Service Manager,
PLATINIUM ACCESS FINANCE
Tel:0031-615-173-299
Fax:0031-847-143-963
EMAIL: ftsfinancenl@netscape.net

***************************************************************************************

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Very Truly Yours,

Maria Jose (Mrs).
Online coordinator for EUROMILLIONS
Sweepstakes International Program.
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