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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: zeurolottery@netscape.net
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 00:18:51 +0200
Subject: Congratulations, Your Email details have won in our seond category draw.

ZAEUROLOTTERY SYSTEMS
SOUTH-AFRICAN CHAPTER.
(UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME)
LOTTERY PAYOUT GENERATED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF 0.001% DEVELOPMENT LEVY..
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: EGS/2551256003/03
BATCH: 14/0017/IPD
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION
Congratulations
Be informed that you have emerged one of the winners of our Lottery International
Program that was drawn on the 2nd of November 2004.
Attached to ticket number 7,35,5,45,8 BONUS NO: 61, with serial Number
2113-05 , your email details matched the winning numbers 7,35,5,45,8 BONUS NO: 61, and Consequently won our Merit International lottery in the 3rd category. Approved is a lump sum of Eight Million Rand (ZAR8, 000,000) in cash Prize accredited to file REF NO. JSL/2554259003/07 that should be released to you. This is from the total prize money of (ZAR40, 000,000) shared among the fifteen International winners in this category. Participants were selected through a referral program and winners were picked by a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia, Europe, Africa and North America as part our International Promotions Program, which is conducted bi-monthly. Due to the mix up of some numbers and Email details, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money released to you.
To begin processing your claim, please contact us by Email as a First step towards processing and as a Security protocol,NB: Prizes must be claimed not later than 10 working days. After these stipulated days, all funds will be returned as unclaimed prizes and will channeled for charity. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
Complications, please remember to quote your winning reference batch
Numbers in every one of your correspondences with the claims officer.
Congratulations and thank you for being part of our International
Promotions program.
Best regards,
ANTHONY DUBE
(LOTTERY PROMOTIONS MANAGER)

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