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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: lottodraw20007@netscape.net
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:32:20 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
Dear Sir/Madam,
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,12/
01/2005, of
winners of the Global Mega Lottery South
Africa/International Progamme,
held
on 3/ 01/ 2005 as part of our 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 NewZealand as part of our
electronic
business PromotionsProgram. You qualified for the draw as a
result of
you
visiting various websites we are running the e-business
promotions for.
You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482,
with serial
number
513-10 drew the luckynumbers 2,9,22,23,24,30,+5 and
consequently won in
the
Second Category.You have therefore been approved for a lump
sum pay out
of
US$1,950,000.00 in cash, 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 Seven international winners in the Second category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with the Global Mega Lottery
Finance and
Company
insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and
names, we
ask
that you keep this sectrely 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 mid year (2005)
high stakes
US$1.3
billion International Lottery.To begin your claim, please
contact your
claim
agent immediately.
MR. Richard Baloyi
Foreign Service Manager,
Universal Buildiing, 132 - 133 Park Hurst
Balfour - Unite 1440
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001
South Africa
TEL:27-83-561-9859
FAX:27-11-484-7297
EMAIL:richardbaloyi@classicmail.co.za
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated
account of your choice.
Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than
25-01-
2005.
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:
FLS-ZR39-825P-4,BATCH NUMBER: 74-263-BBN.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you
for being
part
of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
The Promotional Manager
Global Mega Lottery Pty Ltd
Universal Buildiing, 132 - 133 Park Hurst
Balfour - Unite 1440
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will
result to
disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail box.
Contact your
claims
agent through his email contact above.
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