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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: "National Lottery Board" <info_lotto2010@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:19:16 +0000
Subject: Lottery Award Winning Notification.

LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM
Ref. File No.: (KPC/9030108308/04)
Batch: (15/76/EF36)
Serial No: (SALP97585)
June / July 2005 Edition

From The Desk of Mr. Benjamin Albert Jerrold
(An Independent Lotteries Draw Auditors & Management Coordinators)
South African 2010 World Cup Hosting International Lottery Promotional
Program Award
Lotteries Headquarters: 31, Brixon Court,
Carlton East Gate,
Email: info.nlbo2010@executivemail.co.za
Johannesburg
Republic of South Africa.

SUB "LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION"

Attn: Dear Winner,

Congratulations !!! We wishes to use this medium to officially notify you on
the final notification that your Name/Company has being selected among the
100 Star/Lucky Winners World wide for the Old Mutual International Lotteries
Promotional Program based on the South African 2010 World Cup hosting as
announced by FIFA in Zurich Switzerland to be played in South Africa in
2010. You’re Name, Email address or Companies Name attached to the Ticket
Number: (B9665 75608567 775) with! "SERIAL NUMBER” (SALP97585) drew the
winning: (02/23/17/24/33/49/-47), which subsequently on you the Lottery
Award Winner in the 3nd category of this Lottery Program. All participants
were selected randomly from the World Wide Web-Site & Email addresses
through computer super draw system and extracted from over 1.000.000 (One
Million) individual Emails, Companies and Corporate Organizations Names and
Addresses as listed from their various country's Trade and Investment
Journals in their Web-site from Africa, Middle East, Asia, Europe, New
Zealand and Australia, North, South and central America to promote this
Lottery Program Award.

You’re Name and Ref. File Number has therefore been approved to claim a
Total Sum of US$2.000.000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars) in cash
credited to REF. File NO# (KPC/9030108308/04). This is from the total cash
prize of US$200.000.000.00 (Two Hundred Million United States Dollars)
shared among the first 100 (One Hundred) LUCKY WINNERS in the 3nd category
worldwide in this Lottery Program. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our Lottery Booklet Representative Office in South
Africa as indicate in the Play Coupon Old Mutual Lotteries Award South
African Regional Office. In view of this, your US$2.000.000.00 (Two Million
United States Dollars) would be released to you by our accredited
representative Consultant Agent immediately he commences the processes to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him as Allocated
and Insured under your Ref. File Numbers as approved and signed as the
beneficiary to this fund in your name.

This Lottery Program took place to promote the South African 2010 World Cup
hosting as announced by FIFA in Zurich Switzerland to be played in South
Africa in 2010. For Security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information CONFIDENTIAL till your claims are processed and your money
remitted to you for being one of our lucky winners of this lottery prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. (Please be
warned). To file for your claim, please contact one of our
accredited/authorized Consultant Agent immediately.

His contact information is as follows:

Name: Auditor Williams Smith
Director for Foreign Exchange Transfer Dept.
Telephone: 0027-73-4004441
TeleFax: 0027-83-3554441
E-mail: auditorsmith45@webmail.co.za

Please be informed that the entire winning prize must be claimed on or
before 30 days of this notification. To avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, kindly quote your Reference/Batch numbers in any
correspondences with our designated agent or us. Thanks for being part of
this International Lottery Promotional Program and for your anticipated
co-operation.

Approved, Dispatched and Signed:

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Benjamin Albert Jerrold
(Zonal Co-ordinator.)
(TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY)
Anybody under the age of 18 cannot participate in this Lotteries Program and
any falsification claim and documents on the part of the winners will result
to revoke and disqualification of your award prize of this fund.

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