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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: euroafroamericanalottery@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 11:43:14 +0200
Subject: euroafroamericanalottery@hotmail.com

Euro Afro American Lottery promotion
draw of South African 2010 World cup
Switzerland From the desk of:
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: B9665 75604546 199 with!
Serial
number 97560 drew the winning: 60/84/27/17/36, which subsequently won
you
the lottery award in the 2nd category. Your name has therefore been
approved
to claim a total sum of US$850,550.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty
Thousand,
Five hundred and Fifty US Dollars.) in cash credited to file
KPC/9030108308/03. 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$850,550.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand,
Five
hundred and Fifty US 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
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.
CLAIMING AGENT.
Name: Rev. Felix Zuma
Tel: +27-83-585-2071
Email: revfelixzuma@yahoo.com
YOURS SINCERELY

ZONAL CORDINATOR.

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