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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: "kante jones" <kantejones_60@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 10:50:44 +0200
Subject: Lottery Award

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today a winners of the OLA
ONLINE LOTTO SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, held on JUNE as part of
our promotional draws.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000 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 you visiting various websites we are running the e-business
promotions.

You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 10-09-7482, with serial number
003-10 drew the lucky numbers 9, 6, 12,29, 30, 32, 41., and consequently won
in the Second Category.

You have therefore been approved for lump sum pay out of US$1,950,000.00 in
cash, which is the winning payout for Second category winners. This is from
the total prize money of S$13,650,000.00 shared among the Seven
international winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with the Coin Security & Finance and Security
Company insured in your email address. Due to the mix up of some numbers and
names, 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 program.We hope with a part of
your prize, you will participate in our mid year (2006) high stakes US$1.3
billion International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent immediately;

MR. FOSTER BONGANI.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
# 25 RICHARDS RYLAAN, AUCKLAND PARK, 0083
P.O. Box 514, AUCKLANDPARK
JOHANNESBURG 2001
SOUTH AFRICA
COINI SECURITY & FINANCE COMPANY.
TEL/FAX: 27-73-135-81288
EMAIL: fnb@fnb-mail.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.

Remember that you must contact your claim agent not later than 23 -09- 2005.
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.

REFERENCE NUMBER: OLA-001/OMM3GT
BATCH NUMBER: 43-DD440/05

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

THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
OLA ONLINE LOTTO SOUTH AFRICA.
2nd Floor SABC Radio Park Building P.O. Box 91711,
Auckland Park, 2006
Henley Road
N.B:

Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. Please do not reply to this mailbox. Contact your claims
agent through his email contact above.



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