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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: intlottery@webmail.co.za
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:16:58 +0200
Subject: +++CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
Dear Winner,
FINAL NOTICE OF AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,19th July
2005. of winners of the INTERNATIONAL FLASH FORTUNE LOTTERY
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS,held on 28TH June
2005 as part of our promotional draws.Participants were selected through
a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 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 you Visiting Various websites we are running the e-business
promotionsfor.
You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial
number 513-10 drew the lucky Numbers 5, 9, 12, 29, 40, 59, 76, and
consequently won in the Second Category.
You have therefore been Approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,950,000.00
in cash, which is the winning payout for Second category Winners. This is
from the total prize money of US$13,650,000.00 shared among the
Seven international winners in the Second category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with the S.O INSURANCE AND OTHER SERVICES (PTY) LTD
insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask
that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to your account.This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
program.We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our mid
year
(2006) high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.To begin your claim,
please contact your claim agent immediately;
MR Frank Duma & Mrs Felicia Ngubeni
S.O INSURANCE AND OTHER SERVICES (PTY) LTD
JOHANNESBURG, S.A
TEL: +27 73-798-8388
EMAIL;soiaos@exclusivemail.co.za
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, you must contact the directors of
claims department not later than 29th July 2005.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.You are also advised to contact
the directors of claims department .REFERENCE NUMBER: FLS-ZR39-825P-4
BATCH NUMBER: 74-26! 3-BBN Congratulations once again from all our staff
and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL FLASH FORTUNE LOTTERY JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA.
165 BERYLLIUM STREET ALRODE EXT.5,ALBERTON
P.O BOX 162 DOWERGLEN EXT.12
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail box.
You are also advised to contact the claims department above.
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