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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: "south africa" <sanational_lottery@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:18:12 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!

Mrs. Sandra Nzama [Zonal Coordinator]
Euro Afro American Lottery Promotion
Switzerland
From the desk of: Mrs. Sandra Nzama

Dear Sir/Madam

CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING:

We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World cup Bid
lottery Award International programme held in Zurich, Switzerland. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9665 75604546 199 with! Serial
number 97560 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$500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) in cash credited to file KPC/9030108308/03. This is from a total
cash prize of US $ 100,000,000.00 (One Hundred 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 $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) would be released to you through the assistance of our agent in
South Africa immediately he commences the process to facilitate the release
of your prize as soon as you contact him.

All participants were selected randomly from Worldwide Web site through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000,00 companies and
individual email addresses. The lottery programme 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 in whichever way you deem fit to
claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements.

Please you are advised to file your claim by providing the below details to
our agent Mr. Richard Lama 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 receive this notification. His e-mail address is:
rlama15@hotmail.com or call him on: +27 820 714 699

1.Name:.................................................
2.Address:............................................................
3.Marital
Status:...............................................................
4.Occupation:.........................................................
5.Age:................................................................
6.Sex:................................................................
7.Nationality:........................................................
8.Country Of
Residence:.............................................................
9.Telephone
Number:....................................................................
10.Fax
Number:...................................................................
11.Comfirm Your Prize [Amount]...............................
12.When did you get the notification? [Date]
13:Scanned int.passport or Drivers license

Furthermore, should there be any change of address, do inform your claim
Agent as soon as possible.

Once your agent [Richard Lama] gets the above details, he will process your
winnings and advise the bank [FNB] to effect the remittance of your prize
after you might have met the bank's requirements.



Yours sincerely,

Mrs. Sandra Nzama [Zonal Coordinator]



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