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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: jamescoper@pnetmail.co.za
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 21:47:18 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION
FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR, INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
ATTENTION: (REFERENCE NUMBER: RIS-5892ZA13-09 BATCH
NUMBER: 7901IT-ZA3) THIRD CATEGORY WINNER.
Dear Sir/Madam,
After a successful completion of the third category
draws of the RAND INTRANET SWEEPSTAKES SPECIAL, held
on 20TH JUNE 2005, we are pleased to inform you of the
official announcement today that you have emerge done
of the winners of the RAND INTRANET SWEEPSTAKES
SPECIAL PROGRAMS, which is part of our promotional
draws. Participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 35,000 names/email addresses
of individuals and companies from Africa, America,
Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New
Zealand as part of our International Promotions
Program.
You/Your company, attached to ticket number
777-78-1105, with serial number 234-90 drew the lucky
numbers 8, 12, 31, 52, 38, 40, (9), and consequently
won in the Third Category. You have therefore been
awarded a lump sum pay out of US$2.6,000,000.00 in
cash, which is the winning payout for third category
winners. This is from the total prize money
ofUS$112,010,000.00 from which fourteen international
winners in the Third category will be shared.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with OLDMUTUAL FINANCE AND
SECURITIES, insured in your name. To avoid mix up of
numbers and names of any kind, we request that you
keep this award strictly confidential from public
notice until the entire process of transferring your
claims has been completed, and your certified banker's
Cheque sent to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts
by participants of this program. We also wish to bring
to your notice our end of year (2005) high stakes
where you stand a chance of winning up to US$1.0
billion; we hope that with a part of your prize you
will participate. Please contact your claims agent
immediately, to begin your claims process;
MR.JAMES COPER SENIOR CLAIMS EXECUTIVE
OLDMUTUAL FINANCE AND SECURITIES LTD.
PHONE: +27-72-321-5893
EMAIL: jamescoper1@yahoo.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you
must contact your claims agent within a week of
receiving this mail.
NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please remember to quote your reference and batch
numbers provided below in every one of your
correspondence with your claims agent. REFERENCE
NUMBER: RIS-5892ZA13-09 BATCH NUMBER:
7901IT-ZA3Congratulations once again from all our
staff and thank you for being part of our promotions
program. Sincerely,
TIMOTHY KHUMALO THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR
RAND INTRANET SWEEPSTAKES SPECIAL
789 KENT ROAD, ILLOVO
JOHANNESBURG.2167
SOUTH AFRICA.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification. Please do not
reply to this mail. Rather, contact your claims agent
whose credentials are listed above. All staff of Rand
Intranet Sweepstakes Special, Old mutual Finance And
Securities and members of their family as well as
South Africans of all ages are barred from this
lottery.
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