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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.
• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "global mega lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +27732424005 (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.
  • ashleysipho@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: nathan sharratt <n.sharratt@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 02:29:59 -0800 (PST)
Subject:


i have been sent a email i think u would like a look at let me no what to do after u have had a look at it plz

i was sent that first then


From: "PROMOTIONS MANAGER"
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION.
Date: Tue, 31 OCTOBER 2006 12:11:57 +000000


MTN-MEGA-MILLION LOTTERY 2006

SPECIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 31 of
OCTOBER
2006 from the AUSTRALIAN International Lottery program held in SOUTH
AFRICA by South African leading lottery organization
(MTN-MEGA-MILLION ). Your email address was attached on ticket number;
47061725 07056490902 serial
number 7741137002.

It was not an individual lotto playing, but the computer itself picked
out
from all over the world. 2,000,000 email addresses was selected and
picked
from the Internet, so those email addresses
of Participants that was selected and picked from the internet were
again
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from among the
2,000,000
email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the
world,
this is called the computer ballot.

THE PROGRAM WAS HELD BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN LEADING LOTTERY
ORGANIZATION,


This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus
number
17, which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You
hereby
qualified as one of the winners and have been approved a lump sum
pay of US$ 1,750,000.00 (ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNHRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash
prize of US28, 000,000.00 shared among sixteen lucky winners in this
category.


FOR MORE ENQUIRIES AND INFORMATION

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further
more; you have to note that this program is strongly behind FIFA
SUPPORT
AFRICAN TEAM, to create awareness for the coming 2010 world Cup, which
is
to be host by South Africa.

YOUR WINNING PRIZE WILL BE RELEASED FROM THIS REGIONAL BRANCH OFFICE IN
JOHANNESBURG (MEGA LOTTERY).


We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our final year
high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE; simply contact our fiduciary agent, Mr. Ashley
Sipho( ashleysipho@katamail.com ) to file for your claim.

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number and your winning
amount, which can be found below; you are required to include your full
address together with your email address to help locate your file
easily.

REF NO: 475061725
BATCH NO: 7056490902/188
WINNIN NO: 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17
AMOUNT: US$ 1,750,000.00


Mr. Kuash Behler, Our First second category Winner of US$ 1,750,000.00
from Amsterdam, Holland 21st January 2005.

Our Second Winner Mrs. Ali Fatima from Nepal receiving her winning
cheque
of US$1,750,000.00 also on the picture is her husband and friends
rejoicing with them.

THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT TO YOU FROM:
THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
TELA ROBERTSON


MRS. RICKY ARSENAL.
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION,
MTN-MEGA-MILLION LOTTERY.


For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize
released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double
claiming, Internet scams and unwarranted individuals taking advantage
of
this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.Note that all
winnings MUST be claimed before 30 NOVEMBER 2006; otherwise all funds
will
be returned as Unclaimed.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Kind Regards
TELA ROBERTSON
PROMOTIONS MANAGER


SIMPLY CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
MR. ASHHLEY SIPHO
TEL: 27 73 2424 005
E-MAIL: ashleysipho@katamail.com
PROCESSING MANAGER,
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
MEGA LOTTERY
UINVERSAL BUILDING, 132 – 133 PARK HURST
BALFOUR – UNIT 1440. JOHANNESBURG. 2001
GAUTENG

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE
WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION;




then i was sent



FROM ASHLEY SIPHO UINVERSAL BUILDING 132-133 PARK HURSK JOHANESSBURG, SOUTH AFRICA. DIRECT FAX + 27 11 507 6950 PHONE + 27 73 2424 005 Dear Nathan Sharratt, We want to quickly acknowledge the receipt of your mail. I confirmed your notification from the lotto head office in Johannesburg, you are one of the beneficiaries Global Mega Lottery conducted recently, to give you the clear picture of what is involved and how you will claim your money. You can come down to South Africa to sign necessary claiming documents with your winning certificate and to open A non-resident account with our corresponding commercial bank here to enable me to claim your prize after getting your certificate. So please kindly write and inform me if you’re able to come down here and give me your date of arrival and your flight schedule so that I will start preparing your file before your arrival. You won US$1,750,000.00 (One million Seven Hundred and
fifty thousand United States Dollars only} IN THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TO SOUTH AFRICA, ANOTHER OPTION IS FOR YOU TO FILL THE VERIFICATION GLOBAL MEGA LOTTO FORM AND RETURN IT BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY BY ATTACHMENT OR FAX WITH THE ABOVE FAX NUMBER. ONCE YOU FILL THE FORM AND RTEURN IT, I WILL SUBMITED YOUR FILE TO THE BANK WITH A CLAIM LETTER TO TRANSFER YOUR MONEY, THE BANK WILL CONTACT YOU DIRECT AS SOON AS I SUBMIT YOUR DETAILS TO THEM ON YOUR BEHALF. FIRST, BANK WILL OPEN NON RESIDENT ACCOUNT IN YOUR NAME WHERE THE CHEQUE ISSUED WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WILL BE DEPOSIT FOR TELEGRAPHIC BANK TRANSFER ACCORDING TO BANK PROCEDURE HERE FOR SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THE MONEY TO YOU. 1. We will make an urgent arrangement to see that we pay your money to you, and we have to also make booking and arrange also with the bank here in South Africa to transfer your money to you through TELEGRAPHIC BANK TRANSFER, this may take us between one
week time (NOTE: THAT FOR SECURITY REASONS, WE DO NOT POST CHEQUE TO OUR CLIENTS). 2.You will have to scan your INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT (picture and detail page) and send it to us through email attachment or fax with the above number, if you do not have passport, you should then send to us your drivers license or I.D card, as we need any of your Identification document for verification along, as you return the form you filled. Also, we will be preparing your WINNING CERTIFICATE, which we will send to you for references, on this regards. 3. For the safety of your winning prize, help this humble organization to remain your winning confidential to avoid another person coming up with the same information to claim the prize because if we experience such problem it will lead to your disqualification. Note that it is not must that you claim your prize, if you are not willing to claim the prize, it will be return back to the lottery
company. Please do call me on +27-73-2424-005 as soon as you receive this mail for more discussion and directions. Finally, I look forward for your kind understanding and cooperation as all possible and necessary arrangement on how to transfer your prize successfully has been effectively put in place and note, we have limited time to conclude. Awaiting your immediate reply and call. Regards, Mr. Ashley Sipho N/B: OPEN THE ATTACHMENT TO VIEW THE BANK FORM AND GLOBAL MEGA LOTTO FORM. _________________________________________________________________ Get the ultimate real-time chat experience - Windows Live Messenger! http://messenger.live.com

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let me no what i am ment to do plz


meny thanx






Nathan Sharratt

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