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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: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:45:19 +0200
Subject: +Congatulations You Have Won

We happily announce to you the draw of the MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY
International programs announced today 25ft July, 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.

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.

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