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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: zenexlotterysa@netscape.net
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 20:06:30 +0200
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF YOUR LOTTO WINNING

NOTIFICATION OF YOUR LOTTO WINNING

we are pleased to inform you from ZENEX LOTTERY.of the
announcement today 4th December,2004 as one of the lucky
end of year winners of the ZENEX LOTTERY draws.

Participants in the draws were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mail 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 are qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various
websites we are running the Electronic-business promotions for.You/Your
Company e-mail address, attached with REFERENCE NUMBER:ZAR 23457677/2004 BATCH
NUMBER:79-124-WAN with serial number 818-09 drew the lucky numbers
7-8-40-15-3-49 and consequently won our end of year (2004) lottery

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$2,200,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for First category
winners. This is from the total prize money of US$15.5 Million shared
among the winners in the First category.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Your winnings should be claimed from our paying Agents. (Greenland
Finance Limited) As we have notified them. Due to the mixup that may
arise from emails of winners and numbers we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

To begin your claim, please contact our paying agent/company who also
Will be your claims agent.

DUMISANI DUBE
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
GREENLAND FINANCE LIMITED.
MELVILLE,
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL:+27-73 133 0487
FAX:+27-73 642 6165
EMAIL: claimsdept@greenlandfinance.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize money, Remember you
must contact your claim agent two weeks after notification. 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 your claims agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: ZAR 23457677/2004
BATCH NUMBER: 79-124-WAN
SERIAL NUMBER:818-09

Also to begin your Claim send to your claims agent the following
information.

1) BATCH AND REFFERENCE NUMBERS
2) FULL NAMES
3) MAILING ADDRESS
4) PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
5) AMOUNT WON.


Congratulations once again from all our staff for participating in our
end of year (2004) lottery.

Sincerely,

THE AWARDS MANAGER,
ZENEX LOTTERY.SOUTH AFRICA.
9 CHURCH STREET
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail.
Contact your claims agent

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