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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: mathsipho@executivemail.co.za
Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 23:41:57 +0200
Subject: PAN AFRICA SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY/CONGRATULATIONS
Pan Africa Lottery,
46 Richbay Avenue,
Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
FROM: PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: ZAR/67773/2005
BATCH: 34/05542/ZIE
ATTENTION:
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you from I Wom Lottery. of the Lottery Held
on 1st of May 2005, which your e mail address happens to, be One of
our category (A) winner, from the announcement today 3rd of May , 2005
as one of our WORKERS DAY lucky winners of the PAN AFRICA 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/67773/2005
BATCH NUMBER: 34/05542/ZIE 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 Euro1, 200,000.00 in cash,
this is the winning payout for First category Winners. This is from the
total prize money of Euro15.5 Million shared among the winners in the First
category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your winnings should be claimed from our claims Department 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 your claim agent
MATH SIPHO
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
PAN AFRICA LOTTERY,
CAPE TOWN
TEL: +27-72-436-2327
FAX: 27-11-507-6015
Email:claimsagent@panafricanonlinelottery.org
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/67773/2005
BATCH NUMBER: 34/05542/ZIE 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,
SUSAN OBARO
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
PAN AFRICA SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY
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 claims agent
***" YOUR CHANCE TO WIN BIG" ***
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