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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: "Ultimate Promotions" <ultimatebulkpromo@gmx.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 02:28:43 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Winning Notification !!!

ULTIMATEBULK SA.
112 Republic Rd Randburg
Johannesburg
South Africa

PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF NUMBER:ULB/57721/XVA AND BATCH NO: DOM/812-123

ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement 7th of
Dec, 2004, of winners of THE ULTIMATEBULK PROGRAMS held on
the 1st of Dec, 2004 as part of our fourth quarter of
the year bonanza. Your email,attached to ticket number
2004-76445-78, with serial number 64745-899 drew the lucky
numbers 33-89-75-54-80-2,and consequently won the lottery
in category B. You have therefore been approved for a lump
sum pay out of 21,584,976.79 ZAR (US$3,700,000) in cash
credited to file REF:ULB/57721/XVA

This is from total prize money of 151,094,837.53
ZAR(US$25,924,993.97) shared among 7 winners in this
category. All participants were selected through a computer
balloting system drawn from 96,000 emails from Middle East,
Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania
as part our International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

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 next year high stakes US$50,000,000
International Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact:

Mr. Rali Angoma
CLAIMS AGENT
Email:claimsdept@ultimatebulk.com
for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated account of your choice.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference and
batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with
your claims agent. Furthermore, should there be any change
of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for
being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Mabel Ngobese.
The Promotions Manager,
ULTIMATEBULK 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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