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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: iflottery@webmail.co.za
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 04:53:47 -0800
Subject: ++++CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
ATTN: SIR/MADAM,
FINAL NOTICE OF AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 04-03-2005. of
winners of the INTERNATIONAL
FORTUNE LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, held on 26TH Feb
2004 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 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.
You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial
number
513-10 drew the lucky
Numbers 5, 9, 12, 29, 40, 59, 76, and consequently won in the Second
Category.
You have therefore been
Approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,950,000.00 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!
our fund is now deposited with the INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY insured in
your
name. 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 mid year (2005) high stakes US$1.3
billion International Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact
the
directors of claims department .
immediately;
MR Frank Duma & Mrs Felicia Ngubeni
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY CLAIM DEPARTMENT,
JOHANNESBURG, S.A
TEL: +27 73-442-0232
FAX: +27 11-507-6168
EMAIL;ilcdsa@yahoo.co.uk
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account
of your choice. Remember, you
must contact the directors of claims department not later than 14TH
Mar 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.
You are also advised to contact
the directors of claims department .
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 PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL FORTUNE LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA.
115 NORDIX AVE. BRYANSTON, 1762
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 mail box. You are also advised to contact the claims
department
through his email contact
above.
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