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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: "JOHA MOKGANYA" <uknationallotterycompanyoffice14@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:18:24 +0000
Subject: Congratulations! Lotto Winner

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY COMPANY
034 FOURWAYS ROAD, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
CONGRATULATIONS!....

FROM: PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: ZAR/900111/2005
BATCH: 08/11810/ZIE

ATTENTION: DEAR WINNER,

RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL
NOTICE

We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on 1ST JULY, 2005 to declare
the winners of the UK LOTTO/ INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS. Your email address,
attached to ticket number 900-4675-04854-197, with serial number 412-01drew
the lucky numbers 8 11 32 45 22 19 [26], and consequently won the lottery.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ZAR15,000,000.00
in cash credited Equivalent ! of US$2,214,800.00(TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND
FORTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED) to you in your file REF NO:ZAR/900111/2005.
This is from total prize money of
ZAR120,000,000.00 shared among the Seventeen International Winners in this
category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system
drawn from 17,000 email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America,
Europe and Middle East and Asia as part our International Promotions
Program, which is conducted monthly.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now available for claim. Due to the mix up of some numbers and
email address, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice
until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this promotion.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes ZAR100,000,000 Million International Lottery. To begin your
claim, please contact our claim manager;

CLAIMS MANAGER,
MR. FRANK WILLIAM
UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTO,
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
Tel:+27-73-679 5552
EMAIL: lottopayingagent@inbox.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later
than Two Weeks after notice. 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 in every one of your
correspondences with our manager. Furthermore, should there be any change of
your address, do inform your claims manager as ! soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotions program.

Sincerely,

CLIFF SMITH
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTO SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY

N.B

Please do not reply with this email box contact your claim
manager with the above contact informations.

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