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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: "CHUKS BOKO" <chuks_boko_2000@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: joshuakoma@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 16:08:25 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!

ATTENTION

RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on 18th Feb,2005 to declare the winners of the CRESTERLOTTO SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.

Your company, attached to ticket number 356-00098-3211-222, with serialnumber 818-09 drew the lucky numbers 14-41-25-19-49-37, and consequently won the lottery. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ZAR24,000,000.00 in cash Equivalent USD $6,000,000,00 credited to fil REF NO: ZR/23457677/2003. This is from total prize
money of ZAR264,000,000.00 shared among the eleven international winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 17,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe and Middle East and Asia as part of our
International Promotions Program, which is conducted monthly.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now available for claim. 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 promotion. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes ZAR 60,000,000 Million International Lottery.

TO BEGIN YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT
THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS

JOSHUA KOMA,
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
CRESTERLOTTO
DURBAN, KWAZULU NATAL
SOUTH AFRICA.
EMAIL: joshuakoma@yahoo.com
TEL:27-73-810-8262

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than Two Weeks after notice. 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 in every one of your correspondences
with your agent.


Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as
soon as possible. Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

CHUKS BOKO
PROMOTIONS MANAGER


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