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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: "Lottery Prize Notification" <award_dept11@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:39:23 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! You have won US$1.3 Million Dollars.

Mrs. Margaret Simelang
INFORMATIONS/PROMOTIONS MANAGER
SOUTH AFRICA BIZ-INTERNATIONAL LOTTO.
115 NORDIX AVE. PRIVATE BAG X72,
AUCKLAND PARK 2006
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
Toll free:0800 40 30 40

Sir/Madam (PRIZE WINNER)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, of the winners of
Flash Budget Finance lottery of the South Africa/International Lottery
Program, held on monday 18th 2005 as part of our quarterly promotional
draws.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
5,000,000 email 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
qualified for the draw as a
result of your visiting various Websites we are running on the internet.

You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 18922-158-7487, with serial
number 113-476 drew the lucky numbers 5, 11, 21, 29, 34, 45, 06, and
consequently won in the Second Category. You have therefore been approved
for a lump sum payment of US$1.3 Million (United State Dollars) in certified
cashiers cheque or by electronic transfer.

CONGRATULATIONS!

To begin your claim, please contact your Claim Manager at the claims
department immediately with the following address:

Mr. Frank Masindu
(Claim Department)
Flash Budget Finance lottery Ltd
TEL/Fax: +27-83-338-6953
safricalotto2005@workmail.co.za
safricalotto@hotmail.com

You must contact our Claims Manager for immediate processing of your claims
not later Two weeks from the date of receipt of this mail otherwise, all
funds will be returned as unclaimed. Also provide
the following information to expedite the processing of your prize claim

FULL NAME
COMPANY NAME
FULL ADDRESS
AMOUNT WON
TEL
FAX
EMAIL
REF#
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY / INDIVIDUAL & what you intend to do with your
lottery prize

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: ZFAS-FL39-725P-4
BATCH NUMBER: 94-213-DBN-ZNX

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Margaret Simelang
INFORMATIONS/PROMOTIONS MANAGER
SOUTH AFRICA BIZ-INTERNATIONAL LOTTO.
115 NORDIX AVE. PRIVATE BAG X72,
AUCKLAND PARK 2006
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
Toll free:0800 40 30 40

N.B. you have to keep this notification and your winning information highly
confidential till you recieve your prize, because the prize will be given to
anyone with the full details of this winning notification, and any breach of
confidentiality on the part of the winners will result in disqualification.

## Please do not reply to this email. Contact our Claims Department at the
email address above.##
******************************************************************** The
information transmitted in this electronic message, including any
attachments therein, is intended only for person or entity to which it is
addressed and may contain confidential and/or
privileged material. If the reader of this message is not the intended
recipient, or the employee or
agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby
notified that any dissemination, disclosure, distribution or copying of the
information contained in or attached to this
transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this
communication in error, please contact the sender and delete the original
message and any attachments.
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