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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: "award dept2" <award_dept22@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:22:55 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! You have won $1.8Milion Dollars
Sir/Madam (PRIZE WINNER)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, of the winners of
Flash Budget Finance lottery winners of the South Africa/International
Lottery Program, held on Wesnesday September 14th 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 367-100-7487, with serial number
713-14 drew the lucky numbers 03, 15, 16, 17, 25, 32,33, and consequently
won in the Second Category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum
payment of US$1.8 Million (United State Dollars) in certified cashiers
cheque or by electronic transfer.
CONGRATULATIONS!
To begin your claim, please contact our Claim Manager at the claims
department immediately with the following email address:
abudel@hotmail.com
Mr. Abraham Dele
(Claim Department)
Flash Budget Finance Ltd
Direct TEL: +27 73 296 5086
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
REF#
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY / INDIVIDUAL
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:
ZAS-FL39-725P-4
BATCH NUMBER: 94-213-DBN
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-LOTTO.
115 NORDIX AVE. BRYANSTON, 1762
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
Toll free:0800 40 30 40
N.B. you have to keep this information highly confidential, because the
prize will be given to anyone with the full details of this winning, 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.
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