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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • gclaimrep@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: National Lottery <nationallotteryrsa@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gclaimrep@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:15:41 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR E-MAIL WON YOU $1000 000 00USD PRIZE. CONGRATULATIONS!!!


2010 AWARD PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY
Ref. File No.: KPC/9030104395/06
Batch: 15/76/EF74
Serial No: SALP97560
2007 Edition

From The Desk of: Mrs. Brenda Mandela
Accreditted claim representative
2010 Promotional Lottery
NATIONAL LOTTERY
# 31, Brixon Court,
Carlton East Gate,
Johannesburg,
gclaimrep@gmail.com
Telephone: 0027-73-6782717
Republic of South Africa.

SUB "LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION"

Attn: Winner,

Congratulations!!! We wish to use this medium to officially notify you of the final lottery draw. Your Name and/or Company has been selected among the 100 Star/Lucky Winners Worldwide for the South African National Lotteries/FIFA Promotional Programme based on the South African 2010 World Cup hosting right as announced on Saturday, 15 May, 2004 by FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland. Which is to be played in South Africa in 2010.

Your Name, Email address and/or Company's Name attached to the Ticket Number: (B9665 75608567 775) with BATCH NUMBER: 15/76/EF74 and SERIAL NUMBER (SALP97560 ) drew the winning: (04/13/21/27/36/38-45) on this year's ( 2007 ) Lottery Result, which subsequently won you the Lottery Award in the 2nd Category of this Lottery Programme.

All participants were selected randomly from the Worldwide Business and/or Trade Journals, Web-Site & Email addresses through Computer Super Draw System and extracted from over 1.000.000 (One Million) individual Emails, Companies and Corporate Organizations Names and Addresses as listed from their various Country's Trade and Investment Journals in their Web-site from Africa, Middle East, Asia, Europe, New Zealand and Australia, North - South and Central America to promote this big event in South Africa.



Your Name and Reference File Number has therefore been approved to claim a Total Sum of US$1.000.000.00 ( One Million United States Dollars) in cash credited to REF. FILE NO(KPC/9030104395/06 ). This is from the Total Cash Prize of US$200.000.000.00 (Two Hundred Million United States Dollars) Jackpot to be shared among the first 200 (Two Hundred) LUCKY WINNERS in the 2nd Category Worldwide this year's Programme.

Be informed that your US$1.000.000.00 (One Million United States Dollars)would be released to you by our Accredited BANK (ABSA BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA) and the office of Mrs. Brenda Mandela, Accreditted claim represntative of the NATIONAL LOTTERY. She will immidiately commence the processes to facilitate the release and transferring of your fund. Your claim award also include Free Flight Ticket and Seven (7) Days Hotel Reservation in Five Star HILTON CONTINENTAL HOTELS during the World Cup in 2010.

For Security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information CONFIDENTIAL till your claims are processed and your money remitted to your Bank Account. This is part of our precautionary measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some syndicate.

To file for your claim, please contact
Mrs. Brenda Mandela
Telephone: 0027-73-6782717
E-mail: gclaimrep@gmail.com

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs. Brenda Mandela
Accreditted claim represntative of the
NATIONAL LOTTERY.




Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the
National Lotteries Board Commission

Mrs. Brenda Mandela Dr. Woodroffe Adams Mr. Rudolf P.
(Accreditted claim rep.) (Board Member) (Zonal Co-ordinator)


Copyright © 1994-2007 The National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline


100860 8556 2548 9576ZA
CAUTION: PLEASE REPLY TO THE:
Accreditted claim represntative; Mrs. Brenda Mandela
through her official e-mail address;
gclaimrep@gmail.com
Telephone: 0027-73-6782717




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