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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.
  • +31650905075 (Netherlands, 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.
  • amexconsult_nl@yahoo.com
  • michrichbv@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "kate cherin" <k_cherinnl@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:36:02 +0100
Subject: ARNES MILLIONAIRE LOTTO

ARNES MILLIONAIRE LOTTO
23 RIJNWEGSTRAAT, AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS

TO WINNERS IN OUR PROGRAM
Good day,
This is Mrs.Kate Cherin the Director of Arnes Millionaire Lotto in the
NETHERLANDS. Arnes Millionaire Lotto is an independent lotto
organization in
the Netherlands that is conducting several online lotto programs on the
internet. However, we wish to congratulate you over your success in our
computer balloting sweepstake held on 17th November, 2006 in which your
email
address attached to Ticket Number AML678946529843 and drew the Lucky
Numbers
5-24-13-57-05-39, Batch Number 7826/NL and consequently won the lottery
in
the 1st category.
This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses
were
used and it is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet
users; so
you do not need to buy a ticket to enter for our online lotto program.
Note
that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of
philanthropist, industrialists from the internet ware industry and some
other big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous. Therefore,you
have
been approved for a lump sum amount of €1million Euro credited as Bond
into
your security file LOTTERY REF NUMBER AML/nt/423275/01 with our
security
agent. This amount is from the total prize money of €7,000,000.00 Euro
shared among the seven international winners in categories C with
Serial
Number:IL/PLW/18-0547671758.
This email is not one of those numerous lotto email scams you might
have
received in the past which some unscrupulous people in the world at
large
are using to require for your Bank account information in order to
perpetrate their illicit lotto scams. Please note that you have the
choice
of receiving your funds either by Diplomatic cargo delivery/ Wiring
transfer
or by Insurance cheque. Therefore, to confirm the legitimacy of our
lotto
program, the below website is one of the websites we are running over
the
internet concerning our lottery programs in the Netherlands.
http://www.lotto.nl/lotto/execute/intro?node=lottointros&default=lottorootnode&ad=0

However, to begin your claim,being Non-Netherlands resident or citizen,
you
are required within 2days days to officially notarize your winning
claim at
the Dutch Court of Justice in the Netherlands to sign the Release Order
and
the clearance papers that will enable the paying Amex Consulting Agency
release your winning funds to you. But in case you cannot come to the
Netherlands within the stipulated two days, do inform your claim
officer to
make proper arrangement regarding your claim notarization. Once your
claim
is fully notarized and a copy of the Notary receipt from the court is
forwarded to us, we will provide you with your Award winning
Certificate.
Please for more information concerning the claim of your winning funds,
we
advise you to forward a confirmation email to your claim officer at the
paying Amex Consulting Agency and as well follow their claim
instructions.
Below is the contact details of your claim officer:
MR.MICHAEL RICHARD
(PAYMENT DIRECTOR)
AMEX CONSULTING AGENCY
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLAND
TEL: +31-650-905-075
FAX: +31-847-196-487
EMAIL: amexconsult_nl@yahoo.com,michrichbv@hotmail.com
Conclusively, Arnes Millionaire Lotto is not a scam organization
therefore
this mail should not be treated as a scam scheme or be taken for
granted, we
are backed up by the appropriate lottery law in the Netherlands and
only the
successful winners in this our online lotto program receive this
congratulation mail and because you won that is why this mail is being
directed to you. Remember that all prize money must be claimed not
later
than 21 working days. After the last day, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed. Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank
you
for being part of our promotional program.
For: Arnes Lotto,
Kate Cherin
(Lottery Coordinator)

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