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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: apexlotteryorg@netscape.net
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 00:01:25 +0200
Subject: **Congratulations You Have Won**

REF: SAR/6639901
BATCH: 31/576809/SAPPD

ATTENTION
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on 30TH of OCTOBER,2004 to declare the winners of the APEX LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
Your company, attached to ticket number 356-00098-3211-222, with serialnumber 818-09 drew the lucky numbers 67-99-777963, andconsequently won the lottery. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of RANDS 10,000,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO: SAR/23457677/2003. This is from total prize money of RANDS 210,000,000.00 shared
among the seventeen international winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 17,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe and Middle East and Asia as part of our International Promotions
Program, whi ch is conducted monthly.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now available for claim. However 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 promotion.
We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes ZAR 100,000,000 Million International Lottery.

TO BEGIN YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT
THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS
ALEX NOMVETE
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT,
APEX LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA PTY
SANDTON,
JOHANESSBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.
EMAIL: apexlottery@winning.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than Two Weeks after notice. After thi s 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 in every one of your correspondences with your agent. 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
Reese Eidenberg

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