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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: "mrs monica swan" <greenland022@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:30:40 +0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF YOUR LOTTO WINNING
NOTIFICATION OF YOUR LOTTO WINNING
We are pleased to inform you from ZENEX LOTTERY. of the Lottery
Held on 15th Sept 2005, which your e mail address happens to be one of our
category (A) winner,from the announcement today 19th Sept.,2005 as one of
our New Year lucky winners of the ZENEX 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, MiddleEast,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 (2005) lottery You have therefore been approved for a
lump sum pay out of US$2,200,000.00 in cash, which 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. (GreenlandFinance
Limited) 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.His contact details is as below
MAXWELL KHUMALO
CLAIMS MANAGER
GREENLAND FINANCE LIMITED.
MELVILLE,
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: +27-83-240-8526
FAX: +27-76-138-2857
EMAIL: maxkhumalo@yahoo.com
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.REFERENCE NUMBER: ZAR
23457677/2005 BATCH NUMBER: 79-124-WAN
SERIAL NUMBER: 818-09 Also to begin your Claim send to your claims agent the
following information.
1) BATCH AND REFFERENCE NUMBERS
2) FULL NAMES
3) MAILING ADDRESS
4) PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
5) AMOUNT WON.
6) AGE
Congratulations once again from all our staff, you are obliged by the
management of this Organization that you are to donate Ten percent (10%) of
your winning to charity organization here in South Africa.
Sincerely
Monica swan( mrs)
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claims
agent
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