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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.
  • heinekenclaim@aol.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Heineken Company" <companyheineken@aim.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:07:47 +0100
Subject: Winning Notification

 

HEINEKEN BOTTLING COMPANY

ANTHONIE VAN DIJCKSTRAAT 1

1077 ME AMSTERDAM

THE NETHERLANDS

Dear Lucky Winner,

     THE HEINEKEN COMPANY SEASONAL PROMOTION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of Heineken Annual Promo. 

The online Heineken Annual Promo draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 e-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer (TOPAZ) search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all e-mail addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
 
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of (12)twelve winners in the fourth category for the second prize with the following data:

Ref Number: ASL/941OYI/02/SHYN

Batch Number: HGL-14/28/0046
Ticket Number: 025-11464992-750
 

You as well as the other winners, are therefore to receive a cash prize of  1.000.000 euro (ONE MILLION EURO STERLING ) each from the total payout.
 
Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our regional booklet office in your country as indicated in your play coupon.
 
To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited Processing manager/security company for SECOND category winners with the information below:

 

You are required to fill and SUBMIT the following information to the Processing manager via e-mail below.

 

 

NAME:................................................ ........
AGE:........................................................... .
SEX:.............................................................

DATE OF BIRTH:.....................................

ADDRESS:............................................. ....
PHONE:.......................................................
OC CUPATION:.........................................
COMPANY:.............. .................................
ANNUAL INCOME:..................................

NEXT OF KIN:............................................
STATE:................. ......................................
COUNTRY:......................... .......................
NATIONALITY:.................................... ....

 

 

Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this e-mail: Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to our Processing manager through email for prompt collection of your fund.

 

Overseas Claims/Netherlands Payment Unit
Contact Person:  Ms. Nancy Janssen

Email: heinekenclaim@aol.com

NOTE:

*All winnings must be claimed within 20 days from today. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.
*Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with your Processing Manager.

*You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained). 

*Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program. 

Note that  this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of philanthropist, industrialists from the internet hardware industry and some other big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.

Thank you and Accept our congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mr.  Wayne Woods

HEINEKEN Games/Lottery Coordinator.