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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: "National Lottery South Africa" <lotto_resultssa1@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 12:06:21 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!
Euro Afro American Lottery Promotion Switzerland
From the desk of: Mrs. Linda Altman
Dear Sir/Madam,
CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING.
We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World cup Bid
lottery Award International program held in Zurich, Switzerland. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: B9665 75604546 1978 with! Serial number
975600 drew the winning: 60/84/27/17/36, which subsequently won you the
lottery award in the 2nd category. Your name has therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of US$600,000.00 (Six Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) in cash credited to file KPC/9030108308/059.
This is from a total cash prize of US$ 120,000,000.00 (One hundred and
twenty million United States dollars) shared among the first 200 lucky
winners in this category worldwide. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our lottery booklet representative office in South
Africa as indicate in the play coupon. In view of this, your US $600,000.00
(Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you
through the assistance of our agent with First National Bank (FNB) in South
Africa. Our agent will commence immediately the process to facilitate the
release of your prize as soon as you contact him.
All participants were selected randomly from Worldwide Web sites through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000,00 companies and
individual email addresses. The lottery program was organized to promote
South Africa’s 2010 world cup hosting right. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential till your winning is
processed and your money remitted to you through bank transfer. This is part
of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and abuse of this
program by some unscrupulous elements.
You are advised to file for your claim immediately through our agent with
First National Bank South Africa Mr. Coleman Selota immediately you receive
this message because you stand a risk of loosing the prize if you fail to
file your claim within a month from the day you received this notification.
His e-mail address is fnb-mailbox@mailbox.co.za
You can also call him on: +27 732058578
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Linda Altman
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