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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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: sifylottosystem@sify.com
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 07:27:25 +0200
Subject: Please contact us to confirm your winnings

SIFY LOTTO SYSTEMS
SOUTH-AFRICAN CHAPTER.
(UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME)
LOTTERY PAYOUT GENERATED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF 0.001% DEVELOPMENT LEVY..
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT,
REF: EGS/2551256003/03
BATCH: 14/0017/IPD
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION
Congratulations
Be informed that you have emerged one of the winners of our Lottery
InternationalProgram that was drawn on the 20th of September 2004.
Attached to ticket number 7,35,5,45,8 BONUS NO: 61, with serial Number
2113-05 , your email details matched the winning numbers 7,35,5,45,8 BONUS
NO: 61, and Consequently won our International lottery in the 3rd category.
Approved is a lump sum of Eight Million Rand (ZAR8, 000,000) in cash Prize
accredited to file REF NO. JSL/2554259003/07 that should be released to you.
This is from the total prize money of (ZAR40, 000,000) shared among the
fifteen International winners in this category. Participants were selected
through a referral program and winners were picked by a computer ballot
system drawn from 25,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia,
Europe, Africa and North America as part our International Promotions
Program, which is conducted bi-monthly. Due to the mix up of some numbers
and Email details, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public
notice until your claim has been processed and your money released to you.
To begin processing your claim, please contact us by Email as a First step
towards processing and as a Security protocol,NB: Prizes must be claimed not
later than 10 working days. After these stipulated days, all funds will be
returned as unclaimed prizes and will channeled for charity. In order to
avoid unnecessary delays and
Complications, please remember to quote your winning reference batch
Numbers in every one of your correspondences with the claims officer.
Congratulations and thank you for being part of our International
Promotions program.
Best regards,
ALBERT DUBE
(LOTTERY PROMOTIONS MANAGER)

Anti-fraud resources:

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