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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 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.
  • +27735554929 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • 2010_agent@canada.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "canad nationa" <gml.3@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:51:51 +0100
Subject: You have won US$820,000.00 Congratulations!

From: Ms. Patricia Atkins
Canada Lottery-Soccer World Cup 2010 Promotional Draw
1550 Princess Street
Kingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3

Attention: Customer AFRSA680
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/05
Batch No. Lotto 6/49

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Attn:

The Canadian Government sponsors this lottery for the promotion of the 2010
Soccer World cup to be hosted in South Africa.

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro -Afro-American Sweepstake
Lottery International Programs held on the Wednesday August 16th 2006 in
Essex United Kingdom and Ontario Canada. Your e -mail address attached to
Ticket Number: B956475604545100, with Serial Number 46563760 drew the
winning nu mbers Wed Aug 163 4 8 25 41 48 with a bonus Number 22 for LOTTO
6/49 under the choice of the lottery in the 2nd category of bi -weekly six.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00
(Eight Hundred an d Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited
to file EAAL/9080118308/05.This is from a total cash prize of US
$11,100,000.00 Million dollars, shared amongst the first One Hundred and
-thirty (130) lucky winners in this category Worldwide. Please note that
your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet representative
office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon, because this particular
draw was selected to promote the 2010 World Cup to be hosted in South Africa
hence your winning information must be kept to enable you participate in our
subsequent draws which will see 500 participants traveling on an all expense
paid trip to South Africa for the Soccer World Cup 2010.

In view of this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand
United States Dollars) would be released to you by an accredited commercial
Bank in South Africa. Our African agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact our
African Agent's office.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies and
personal e-mails. For security reasons, you are advised t o keep your
winning information confidential till your claims 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 by unscrupulous elements. Please be
warned!

To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding Agent in South
Africa immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of
your fund, contact informa tion is as follows: emails: 2010_agent@canada.com
or Phone +27 73 555 4929 to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please quote your reference numbers in any correspondences with our
designated agents.

Congratulations! Once more from all members and staff of this program that
has ensured that you won this competition.

Thank you for being part of our Promotional Lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,
Ms. Patricia Atkins

NOTE To confirm that you have the winning n umber for the Wednesday August
16th 2006
draw,http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=6&rfp=dta
confirm under Lotto 6/49. Send all replies to 2010_agent@canada.com for
immediate reply.

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