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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: lucky7lotto@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 23:00:31 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Congrats?=

LUCKY 7 LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA.
119 Worcester Street
Grahamstown 6140
South Africa

PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF NUMBER:DL/ETS/16-DD2751244 AND BATCH
NO:57/77014/ZUB.

ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM

RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement 13th
of October, 2004, of winners of THE LUCKY 7 LOTTO
PROGRAMS held on the 31st of August, 2004 as part of our
Third quarter of the year bonanza.

Your email,attached to ticket number
077-8706-4612-200, with serial number 76201-11 drew
the lucky numbers 49-70-72-24-32-45,and consequently
won the lottery in categoryB.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of R16,200,000(US$2,700,000) in cash credited to
file REF:DL/ETS/16-DD2751244

This is from total prize money of
R113,400,000(US$18,900,000) shared among 7 winners in
this category. All participants were selected through
a computer balloting system drawn from 96,000 names
from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and
North America and Oceania as part our International
Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask
that you keep this award strictly from public notice
until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to your account. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts
by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes
US$50,000,000 International Lottery.To

begin your claim, please contact
Mr. David Thomas
PRIZE REDEMPTION OFFICER
Email: davethom@myway.com
Telephone Number: 27-828671129
for due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated account of your choice.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference
and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with your prize redemption officer. Furthermore,
should there be any change of your address, do inform
your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you
for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

Mrs.Carolyn Howard.
The Promotions Manager,
LUCKY 7 LOTTERY 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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