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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: info@salotteries.t2u.com
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:32:54 +0200
Subject: Prize winning notification

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTION MANAGER
SA LOTTERY. SOUTH AFRICA.


DEAR SIR/MADAM


We are pleased to inform you of our announcement
today,12th November, 2004, of winners in the
SA LOTTERY end of year Promotional draws.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 2,500,000 email 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 qualified for the draw as a result of you
visiting various websites we are running the e-business
promotions for.

A ticket number 100-309-7482,with serial number 111 410-887
was atached to your entry which drew the lucky numbers 1 10
29 37 45 49 and consequently won in the second category.
You are therefore awarded a cash prize of US$900,000.00 ,which is the
winning payout for Second category winners.
This is from the total prize money of US$13,650,000.00 shared among
the Eleven international winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

You are to contact the director of claims department with the
information below to arrange for your payout,

Mr Edwin Sipho
Tel:27-72-373-4128
Email:claims@salotteries.t2u.com


Ensure that you contact the claim department not later than
21 days from the day you receive this notification message.

Sincerely,

MR WILLIAMS JOHNSON
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
SA LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA.





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