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• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: OPEC FUND FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT <sussanbien_0006@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: mr_williams1999@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 23:19:00 +0900 (JST)
Subject: OPEC FUND FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2008.

OPEC FUND FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME DE DﾉVELOPPEMENT.
SHORT AND MEDIUM-TERM PRIORITY
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PROGRAMME (SMAP)
PROMOTION DE DEVELOPPEMENT SOCIAL.
206 CHURCHILL PLACE,
LONDON-UNITED KINGDOM.
http://www.opecfund.org/about/kuwait.aspx



REF: OPEC/0326/07IT/FKPD/ENV/2008.


A votre aimable attention,

Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncez que vous 黎es l置n des heureux gagnants de la OPEC FUND FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Dont Le si鑒e mondial pour la promotion est situe ici ・Londres Grand Bretagne.

Une loterie portant sur les adresses 駘ectroniques.
La valeur des gains est de 800.000 000 Millions d'euros. Votre adresse a 騁蠡s駘ectionn馥 par tirage informatique lors de notre premier tirage effectue la semaine derni鑽e.

Vous faites partie des heureux gagnants dont le gain est de 350.000 euros.
Pour entrer en possession de votre gain.

Veuillez adressez exclusivement par email au si鑒e mondial pour la promotion un courrier comportant la r馭駻ence: votre nom, pr駭oms, adresse compl鑼e, profession et num駻o de t駘駱hone.

Prier, d馭inir la nature du projet que vous souhaitez r饌liser et sa localisation. (Pays et ville)

Je porte ・votre connaissance que 50% des gains attribu駸 doivent 黎re utilis蠡dans le cadre de la promotion des projets sociale. Dans trois mois une grande tourn馥 de v駻ification ・laquelle je prendrais personnellement part aura lieu dans tous les pays
ou nous comptons des laur饌ts. Suite ・celle ci les 10 r饌lisations les plus significatives seront r馗ompens馥s du prix sp馗ial OPEC FUND FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2008.

Recevez encore toutes nos f駘icitations.

Mr williams luke.
(Directeur des op駻ations)
Bureau De Promotion.







OPEC FUND FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME DE DVELOPPEMENT.
SHORT AND MEDIUM-TERM PRIORITY
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PROGRAMME (SMAP)
PROMOTION DE DEVELOPPEMENT SOCIAL.
206 CHURCHILL PLACE,
LONDON-UNITED KINGDOM...
http://www.opecfund.org/about/kuwait.aspx


REF: OPEC/0326/07IT/FKPD/ENV/2008.


At your kind attention,

We have the great pleasure to announce that you are one of the lucky winners of the OPEC FUND FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT program. Our global headquarters for the social development promotion is based in London United Kingdom .

The draw was carried out through random draw through our automated electronic selection programme. The value of the total earnings is 800,000 000 million euros. Your address has been selected by computer draw during our first draw last week.

You are one of the lucky winners from the sheared earnings of 350,000 euros.
To claim your winning.

Please send email exclusively to the global headquarters for promotion a letter containing your winning reference, name, address, occupation and telephone number.

Kindly define the nature of the project that you want to achieve and its location. (Town and country)

I bring to your attention that 50% of your winning must be used in connection with the promotion of social projects. In three months, I would take part personally in an extensive tour of audit that will take place in all countries where we have winners. The 10 most significant achievements will be
rewarded in the special prize OPEC FUND FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2008.

Receive our congratulations.

Mr williams luke
(Director of Operations)
Promotion Office





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