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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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Fraud email example:
From: promotionmanager@continentallottery.com
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 00:13:37 +0200
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION
NOTIFICATION OF YOUR LOTTO WINNING
We are pleased to inform you from CONTINENTAL LOTTERY. of the Lottery
Held on 3rd January 2005, which your e mail address happens to be
one of our category (A) winner,from the announcement today 5th January,
2005 as one of our New Year lucky winners of the CONTINENTAL LOTTERY draws.
Participants in the draws were selected through a computer ballot
System drawn from 2,500,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and
Companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle
East,and New Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.
You are qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various
websites we are running the Electronic-business promotions for. You/Your
Company e-mail address, attached with REFERENCE NUMBER: ZAR 23457677/2005
BATCH NUMBER: 79-124-WAN with serial number 818-09 drew the lucky numbers
7-8-40-15-3-49 and consequently won our New Year (2005) lottery
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,200,000.00
in cash, which is the winning payout for First category Winners. This is
from the total prize money of US$15.5 Million shared among the winners in the
First category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your winnings should be claimed from our paying Agents. (Claims Department)
as we have notified them. Due to the mix-up that may
arise from emails of winners and numbers we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
To begin your claim, please contact our paying agent/company who also
Will be your claims agent.
JONATHAN NICHOLAS
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
CONTINENTAL LOTTERY.
CAPE TOWN,
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: +27-73-2364638
EMAIL:foreignservicemanager@continentallottery.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize money, you are to contact
your claims agent not later than two weeks after notification. After this date
all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers provided below in
every one of your correspondences with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: ZAR 23457677/2005 BATCH NUMBER: 79-124-WAN
SERIAL NUMBER: 818-09 Also to begin your Claim send to your claims agent the
following
information.
1) BATCH AND REFFERENCE NUMBERS
2) FULL NAMES
3) MAILING ADDRESS
4) PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
5) AMOUNT WON.
6) AGE
Congratulations once again from all our staff, you are obliged by the
management of this Organization that you are to donate Ten percent (10%)
of your winning to charity organization here in South Africa.
Sincerely,
RUTH MOLESE
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
promotionmanager@continentallottery.com
CAPE TOWN,
SOUTH AFRICA.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail.
Contact your claims agent
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