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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.
  • paymentoffice_sa@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "studio loto" <studio_loto61@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:56:18 +0200
Subject: FROM CANADA(GWEN SHAPIRO)

From: Ms. Gwen Shapiro
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

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 Wednesday, 8 Nov 2006 in Essex United
Kingdom and Ontario Canada. Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number:
B9564 75604545 100, with Serial Number 46563760 drew the winning numbers 3/
4/ 20/ 38/42 /48 with a bonus Number 34, for LOTTO 6/49 under the choice of
the lottery in the 2nd category of daily three.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00
(Eight Hundred and 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 to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you
in whatever manner you
deem fit.

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 information is as follow: email:
paymentoffice_sa@yahoo.ca Phone+ 27-767-736-920 to avoid unnecessary
delays and Complications, please quote your reference numbers and winning
date 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. Gwen Shapiro

NOTE: To confirm that you have the winning number for The wed, 8 Nov 2006
draw, copy this and paste on address bar:
http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=6 OR visit our
website: http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=6

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