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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: zenexlottery@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 02:16:18 -0800
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION NOTICE

NOTIFICATION OF YOUR LOTTO WINNING

We are pleased to inform you from ZENEX LOTTERY. of the Lottery Held
on 16th of March 2005, which your e mail address happens to, be One of
our category (A) winner, from the announcement today 31st March,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. (Seeffs
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 who also
Will be your claims agent.

PHILLIP MOHALE
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
SEEFFS FINANCE & SECURITY COMPANY.
MELVILLE,
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: +27-72 013 3438
FAX: +27-72 013 3439
EMAIL:seeffs_southafrica@seeffs.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 quote your 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.
6) AGE

Congratulations.
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 mail, Contact your paying/claims agent

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