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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.
• 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.
  • london2012_fiduciary@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "london2012 promotion" <london2012pro4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: london2012_fiduciary@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:18:24 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION (COCA COLA PROMOTION)

LONDON2012

PROMOTIONAL DRAW FOR THE 2012

OLYMPIC GAMES IN LONDON

PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON .
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM

 

 

ATTN: DEAR WINNER,

We wish to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the Coca Cola London2012 Olympic Games promotion held on October 8th 2006.Please we are sorry for the little delay in making this announcement known to you, it was due to some little mix up as it is the first edition of this kind.This promotional program is meant to promote the OLYMPIC GAMES due to be hosted in London by the year 2012 and it is tagged LONDON2012 OLYMPIC GAMES. We strongly believe in the  preservation of culture and helping people attain a certian level with this program.

 

NOTE: You did not enter for this promotion and no ticket was sold out to the public. All participants were selected through our Microsoft Computer Ballot System drawn form 21,000 names, 3,000 names from each continent, as part of our International "E-MAIL" Promotional Program for the continues wareness of the OLYMPIC GAMES to be held in London England. As you may know, it is tagged LONDON2012 GAMES

 

Your e-mail address, is attached to winning number TCO-87363,with Serial Number S/N-12678 and consequently is among the winners in this first edition of this program.You have therefore been approved for lump sums pay out of GBP £250,000.00 Credited to file REF NO:CL2012/774-004-777, BAT-COL2012/200-26937.This is from a total prize money of GBP £ 2,500,000.00 (Two million five hundred thousand pounds) shared among the ten (10) international and local winners.

Your funds has been insured with your REF NO:CL2012/774-004-777 and BATCH NO: CL2012/200-26937.
Please note that, you are to contact the promotional claims officer immediately with your reference,batch and serial numbers,as we have already spelled out the necessary procedures on how to claim your prize.Your E-mail address should be used in all correspondence with the claims officer.

 

The promotional claims officer's contact information is as below;

 

Names: Robert Peter Brown
Tel:  +44(0)702 407 9857
Tel:  +44(0)702 407 9906
Fax: +44(0)700-580-3421
Email: london2012_fiduciary@yahoo.co.uk

 

All winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire.

 
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Patricia Jefferson

Co-ordinator. 

                          

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