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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: "PROTEA GAMES SOUTH AFRICA" <allen_worthwood@mail2winner.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: david_mote@online.ie
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:20:09 +0100
Subject: we have been trying to contact you:
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
PROTEA GAMES SOUTH AFRICA
(INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD PROMOTIONS)
65 EVERSON STREET, LINDEN - 2104,
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
REFERENCE NUMBER: REF: SA/77-301/PFS
BATCH NUMBER: R2/A198-5
FINAL NOTICE AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, of winners of the PROTEA LOTTERY GAMES SOUTH AFRICA - INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, that you have emerged a winner under the Second Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws were held on the 24th March 2005 and results for the Ester winners are being officially notified.
You are attached to ticket number 3541-5-486, with serial number 59-22 drew the winning numbers 05 10 17 19 29 42 (21) and consequently won in the second category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of US$5,500,000.00 (five million, five hundred thousand US dollars) in cash credited to file REFERENCE NUMBER: SA/77-301/PFS, this is from total prize money of US$16.5 million shared among the 3 international winners in this category.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 25,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America, Africa and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with our International Funds Transfer agents PINNACLE FINANCE SOLUTIONS and has been insured in your name. In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claim has been fully processed and your funds ready for remittance, 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 end of year high stakes £1.3billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent on the below details for due processing and remittance of your prize money:
Attention: Mr. David Mote,
Finance Manager, Pinnacle Finance Solutions
#175 Masjien Street, Strijdom Park. Randburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
email: david_mote@online.ie
Note: Please when replying to this letter, please provide/write your full name, address, and telephone number, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in your reply message correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than the ten (10) working days from the contact of this office, Failure to do so after this date, will warrant to immediate disqualification and your funds will be returned as unclaimed.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
Mr. Allen Worthwood
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER
PROTEA LOTTERY GAMES SOUTH AFRICA
[Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your transfer agent immediately]
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