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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: info@megamillionslottery.org
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:26:03 +0200
Subject: +Congatulations You Have Won

We happily announce to you the draw of the MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY
International programs held today 17th June, 2005 in South Africa
Your email address happens to, be One of our category (A) winner, of
the MEGA MILLIONS 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 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. (Windsor
Finance)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.

BRANDON MOGALE
CLAIMS MANAGER
WINDSOR FINANCE.
MELVILLE,
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: +27-76 192 5474
FAX: +27-72 099 4869
EMAIL:claims@windsorfinance.net

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) COMPANY NAME
4) MAILING ADDRESS
5) PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
6) AMOUNT WON.


Congratulations.
Sincerely,

THE AWARDS MANAGER,
MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA
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 Email, Contact your claims agent

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