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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.
  • +447024053692 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • guiness_redeemcentre@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "guiness gouihhh" <guiness_redeem@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:20:16 -0900
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!

Guinness World wide Fundamental Draw.
Diageo Ireland
P.O. Box 1759
Killorglin
Co. Kerry
Ireland
Notification Centre.
www.guinness.com
---------------------------
Ireland/United Kingdom.
Date: 23 December 2006
Sub: WINNING REDEEM NOTIFICATION

This is to finally Announce the Guinness World wide Fundamental Draw which
had been on prospectus for over six years.

This lottery draw is specially arranged by the Head Quarter of Guinness
Irish brewery,Dublin,Ireland.
All participants of this on-line promotion programme were selected randomly
>from all Continent with assistant of the I.p address which represents
different countries World Wide, your email address was randomly extracted
through a computer draw system extraction machine.
Your email address represents one of the Luck winners of the selected seven
continents.Which makes you one of the winners of this Guinness World wide
Fundamental Draw. However, being an electronic promotion,all email addresses
were assigned to different E-Code Number for representation and privacy.
Your e-mail address assigned to E-Code number: (56475600545 188) E-drawn
lucky numbers:87-14-21-3-35-48, and a bonus number of 24 which subsequently
won you the lottery.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£526,856.00 in cash.

In other to redeem your £526,856.00 Lucky fund, you are to contact your
redeem manager through email or fax for prompt collection of your
lucky fund from the designated Payment Unit in London Branch office.

Kindly be aware that the Lottery co-ordinating Board do not know you in
person or your curriculum Vitae(C.V) so you will be needed to send your C.V
along with your Facial means of Identification by way (Land, Sea Or air) on
your contact with the assigned Redeem Manager.

Curriculum Vitae(C.V) should contain as follows.

Full Names:
All Contact Address:
Phone number(s):
Fax Number(s):
Occupation:
Company Name:
marriage status:
Religion:
Next of kin:
Date of birth:
Nationality:
State/Province:
Country:
Facial means of Identification by way, should contain one of this options.
Drivers License or International Passport:

(CONTACT REDEEM MANAGER OF THE OVERSEAS CLAIMS DEPARTMENT FROM GUINNESS
WORLD WIDE FUNDAMENTAL DRAW IN LONDON BRANCH OFFICE)

Guinness World wide Fundamental Draw
Overseas Claims Unit/ London Branch 7.
Name: Dr. Maxwell Anderson
Email: guiness_redeemcentre@yahoo.com
Tell: +44 7024053692

Note: on your contact with Dr. Maxwell Anderson, you are to request from
him, his drivers license or international passport for facial identification
on your own part, to verify that you are dealing with the assigned Redeem
Manger as advised. Also you are to quote your E-code Number to the redeem
manager on your contacting him.

*Staffs of Guinness Company World wide are automatically disqualified in
this program. Please if you are a Guinness Staff, you are to report to the
Redeem manager immediately.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!
Yours Truly,
Rev. George Harris
G. Manager (Notification Department)

Countinue Drinking............

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