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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: zenexlottery@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 01:00:01 +0200
Subject: CLAIMS NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE
NOTIFICATION OF YOUR LOTTO WINNING
We are pleased to inform you from ZENEX LOTTERY. of the Lottery Held on
3rd of Febuary 2005, which your email address happens to, be One of our category (A) winner,
from the announcement today 6th Febuary,2005 as one of our New Year lucky winners of the ZENEX
LOTTERY draws.
Participants in the draws were selected through a computer ballot System
drawn from 2,500,000 e-mail 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 are qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various websites
we are running the Electronic-business promotions for You/Your Company e-mail address,
attached with REFERENCE NUMBER: ZAR 23457677/2005 BATCH NUMBER: 79-124-WAN
with serial number 818-09 drew the lucky numbers 7-8-40-15-3-49 and consequently won our New
Year (2005) lottery You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$2,200,000.00 in cash, this is the winning payout for First category Winners. This is from the total
prize money of US$15.5 Million shared among the winners in the First category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your winnings should be claimed from our paying Agents. (Greenland Finance
Limited) as we have notified them. Due to the mix-up that may arise from emails of winners and numbers
we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your
money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts
by participants of this program.
To begin your claim, please contact our paying agent/company.
PHILLIP MOHALE
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT
GREENLAND FINANCE LIMITED.
MELVILLE,
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: +27-72 013 3438
FAX: +27-72 013 3439
EMAIL: claimdepartment@greenlandfinance.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize money, you are to contact
your claims agent not later than two weeks after notification. After this date all funds will be returned as
unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quoteyour reference and batch numbers provided below in every one of your
correspondences with your claims agent. REFERENCE NUMBER: ZAR 23457677/2005
BATCH NUMBER: 79-124-WAN SERIAL NUMBER: 818-09
Also to begin your Claim send to your claims agent the Following information.
1) BATCH AND REFFERENCE NUMBERS
2) FULL NAMES
3) MAILING ADDRESS
4) PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
5) AMOUNT WON.
Congratulations once again from all our staff,
Sincerely,
THE AWARDS MANAGER,
ZENEX LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA.
9 CHURCH STREET
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification.
Please do not reply to this email address, Contact your claim/paying agent
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