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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: "philo mina" <philominaz@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:21:43 +0200
Subject: 2010 World Cup Award Program Format


2010 World Cup Award Program
South Africa.

From the desk of:

Mrs philomina

NO 11 RIVONIA ROAD SANDTON

SOUTH AFRICA

DEAR SIR /MADAM

(CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING)

We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World cup Bid
lottery Award International programs held in Zurich, Switzerland. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9465 75604546 with! Serial number
97563 drew the winning: 60/84/27/17/46, which subsequently won you the
lottery award in the 2nd category. Your name has therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of US$2,000.000.00 (Two million United States Dollars) in
cash credited to file KPC/9030108308/05. This is from a total cash prize of
US $ 30,000,000.00 (Thirty million United States dollars) shared among the
first 200 lucky winners in this category worldwide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery booklet
representative office in
South Africa as indicate in the play coupon. In view of this, your
US$2,000.000(Two Million United
States Dollars) would be released through the assistance of our agent in
South Africa immediately he commences the process to facilitate the release
of your funds as soon as you contacted him. Also your claim included with
free flight ticket and one month hotel reservation in one of the five star
hotels.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000,00 companies and
individual emails address.

The lottery program took place to promote South Africa’s 2010 world cup
award. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your claims are processed and your money
remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is
part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Please you are advised to file for your claim immediately through our agent
MR.Vincent Okoh immediately you received this message because you stand a
risk of loosing the prize if you fail to claim within a month from the day
you received this notification.

Mr.Vincent Okoh.

e-mail address is : vincentokoh@hotmail.com
CLAIMING AGENT

YOURS SINCERELY

Mrs. Philomina.

ZONAL CORDINATOR.

_________________________________________________________________
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http://www.msn.co.za/

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