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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • mrbrooks@lexpress.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: frankrichard@microcamp.com.br
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:29:02 -0200
Subject: Your Entitlement.




UK WEB
PROMO
LOTTERY,COVENTRY,UNITED
KINGDOM.REF.NO:UK/1037X01/01/2007.BATCH:
17/00570/IPD/07CATEGORY:3RDLUCKY
NO:43-21-66-99-12-50/07AMOUNT
WON:2,000,000.00
Pounds
Sterling.





ATTENTION:
DEAR
WINNER,AWARD
NOTIFICATION
FINAL
NOTICE.We
are
pleased
to inform
you of the
announcement
of
winnersof
the UKWEB
PROMO
LOTTERY,UNITED
KINGDOM.(sweepstake
lottery/awardpromotion)Your
email
address,is
attached
to ticket
number
333-5783-900-612,with
serial
number
7855-27
drew the
lucky
numbers
43-21-66-99-12-50/07,and






consequently
won the
lottery
in the
3rd
category.You
have
therefore
been
approved
for a
lump sum
payout
of2,000,000.00
Pounds
Sterling
in cash
credited
to file
REF
NO.UK/UK/1037X01/01/2007.This
is from
total
prize
money of
40,000,000.00Pounds
Sterling
shared
among the
twenty
international
winners in
this
category.All
participants
were
selected
through a
computer
ballotsystem
drawn from
a
collation
of
frequent
internet
users
from all
over the
world
from
Australia,
New
Zealand,America,Europe,
North
America,Africaand
Asia as
part of
International
Promotions
Programme.





CONGRATULATIONS.Your
fund is
now
deposited
with a
Security
company.Due
tothe mix
up of
some
numbers
and
names,we
ask that
you keep
this
awardstrictly
from
public
notice
until
your
claim has
been
processed
andyour
money
remitted
to
you.This
is part
of our
security
protocol
toavoid
double
claiming
or
unscrupulous
acts by
participants
of
thisprogram.





To begin
your
claim,
please
contact
your
claim
agent;





MR.PETER
BROOKS,





mrbrooks@lexpress.net





SERVICE
MANAGER,UK
WEB PROMO
LOTTO
HEADQUARTERSCOVENTRY,
UNITED
KINGDOM,





You are
expected
to
process
your
claim,but
because of
distance,we
canyou in
the
processing
of your
claim to
reduce
the
burden
that you
mayencounter
during
this
process,it
is
optional
in
theconstitution
of our
company,we
are not
allowed
to deduct
or remove
anyamount
of money
from the
prizes
won by
our
clients
either
for
charges,taxes/other
expenses
which are
needed for
the
processing
and
transferof
our
clients
funds,this
is because
of the
cover
Insurance
policythat
comes with
it and
also for
the
safety of
our
client's
funds.





NOTE:
That
claiming
of your
funds
must be
completed
beforedeadline(15th
February,2007),further
delay
might
attract
additionalexpenses
in the
processing
of your
claims.
Furthermore
Inorder to
avoidunnecessary
delays and
complications,
please
remember
to quote
yourreference
and batch
numbers
in every
one of
your
correspondences
with your
agent.Finally,Original
copy of
your
prize
winning
certificate
will be
sent
toyou
after
claim
declaration.Congratulations
again from
all our
staff and
thank you
for being
part of
our
promotions
program.





Sincerely,MR.FRANK
RICHARDTHE
PROMOTIONS/INFORMATION
MANAGER,UK
WEB PROMO
LOTTERY,COVENTRY,UNITED
KINGDOM.





Please do
provide
the
following
information(Claim
Verification
Form)fill
and
submit
back via
(mrbrooks@lexpress.net)to
your claim
agent,1,YOUR
FULLNAME:.............2,YOUR
SEX:..................3,YOUR
ADDRESS:...........................4,.YOUR
TELEPHONE
NUMBER:.........5,.YOUR
FAX
NUMBER:...............6,.YOUR
OCCUPATION:...............7,.YOUR
COMPANY'S
NAME:...........8,YOUR
AGE:.......................9,.YOUR
REF
NUMBER:..............10,COUNTRY........................11,E-MAIL.........................





INDICATE
PREFERRED
MODE OF
PRIZE
COLLECTION:A)CASHB)ON-LINE
WIRE
TRANSFER
to your
designated
Bank
Account.C)BANK
DRAFT.





 


_________________________________________________________
Microcamp

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