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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:

• 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.
  • uniontrustfinancesa@workmail.co.za

Fraud email example:

From: "frank madiba" <fmadiba72@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: uniontrustfinanceSA@workmail.co.za
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 08:53:23 +0000
Subject: ONLINE-CAF/SAFA LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

56 MELVILLE DRIVE

MELVILLE, JOHANNESBURG, 2040

SOUTH AFRICA.



Ref: ZA/144132/1211

Batch: 22/523009/LHINT



ONLINE-CAF/SAFA LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

ATTENTION



RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION

We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on the 14 of May
2007 to declare the winners of the Confederation of African
Football (CAF) and South Africa Football Association (SAFA).

This lottery scheme was created to bring awareness to the world,
being that South Africa is hosting the next world cup in 2010.
Yourself, attached to Ticket number 356-00098-3211-222, with
Serial number 818-09 drew the lucky numbers 67-99-777963, and
consequently won the lottery through a computer ballot system and
your email address was gotten through South Africa Information
Network Online(S A I N O) which is affiliated with the internet.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out Of
US$1,400, 000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO:
ZA/144132/1211.This is from total prize money of US$14,000,000.00
shared among the ten international winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot System
drawn from 17,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, North
America, South America, Europe and MiddleEast and Asia as part of
our International Promotions Program, which is conducted monthly.
To begin your claim process, please contact your claims manager
with details below and also provide him with the requested
information so that he can expedite the processing of your claims.



NAME: ________________________________________

COMPANY:______________________________________

OCUPATION_____________________________________

COUNTRY: _____________________________________

ADDRESS: _____________________________________

CITY:_________________________________________

STATE:________________________________________

ZIP/POSTAL CODE: ______________________________

PHONE: ________________________________________

MOBILE: ______________________________________

FAX: _________________________________________

EMAIL: _______________________________________

REFERENCE NUMBER:_____________________________

BATCH NUMBER: ________________________________



Dr.DAVID FROCK

CLAIMS MANAGER

FOREIGN CLAIMS DEPARTMENT,

UNION FINANCE LIMITED SOUTH AFRICA PTY,

1212 UNION HOUSE

JAN SMUTSAVENUE

JOHANESSBURG

SOUTH AFRICA.

EMAIL: uniontrustfinanceSA@workmail.co.za

TELEPHONE: + 27-84-86-43-345



To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers to any correspondences with us or our
designated agent.



IMPORTANT NOTICE:

(a) Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than One
Week After notice. After this date, all funds> will be returned as
unclaimed Funds.

(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full
and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and
conditions of claims to avoid any Discrepancy in the cause of
payment of your prize awards winning.

(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning
details very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a
breach of this confidentiality on the

Parts of the winners will be covered solely by such winner as our
staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.



Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this
program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery
program.

Sincerely

Amanda Hughes

N/Please note that you are to donate 10% of your Winnings to the
less Privileged children of Africa.

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