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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 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.
  • primergrupo@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: euro primitiva <eurmillonesprim@web.de>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:02:58 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-15?Q?ESPA=D1OL_EURO_MILLONES_INTERNATIONAL_LOTTERY_AWARD._?=




ESPAÑOL EURO MILLONES INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD.
FROM:INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
SPAIN-MADRID
www.loteria.com [http://www.loteria.com]
REF:ESP/1005/LOTTO/2006
BATCH:MIL 944470/096/EURO/SP

Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Espanol Euro Milliones International Lottery programs held on the 26th of June 2006.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some names and numbers, your funds has been deposited and covered with insurance bond policy in a Finance bank awaiting remittance after all matters has been regularized.
We ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
HOW WAS IT SELECTED/PLAYED?
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 400,000 company and 120,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world,this is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it .

Lucky number :90 60 00 81 01
Ticket number: 810-350-111-21-70
Serial number :76TR53789

Which consequently won in the 3rd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €950,000,.00. (Nine Hundred and FiftyThousand Euro).

To begin your lottery claim, please contact the appointed processing agents below,

Mr. Juan De La Peña
Director of Operations
Primer Grupo Consultas S.A Spain
Email: primergrupo@netscape.net [mailto:primergrupo@netscape.net]

For the processing and remittance of your winning prize money to a destination of your choice,all prize won should be claim in less than 60 days.
Furthermore,should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.


Yours Sincerely,
Fernandez Torres.
Lottery Coordinator European International.




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