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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: nelsonmolafe@netscape.net
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:58:45 +0200
Subject: winning notifications
NOTIFICATION OF YOUR LOTTO WINNING
We are pleased to inform you from ZENEX LOTTERY. of the Lottery Held
on 3rd of Febuary 2005, which your
e mail address happens to, be One of our category (A) winner, from the
announcement today 5th Febuary,2005
as one of our New Year lucky 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 23457677/2005 BATCH NUMBER: 79-124-WAN with serial number
818-09 drew the lucky
numbers 7-8-40-15-3-49 and consequently won our New Year (2005)
lottery You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,200,000.00 in cash, this 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 mix-up 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.
MAXWELL MOLAFE
THE MANAGER,
WENDYWOOD FINANCE LIMITED.
SANDTON,
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: +27 73 555 OI 52
Email:wendywoodfinance@yahoo.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize money, you are to
contact your claims agent not later than
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 23457677/2005 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.
6) AGE
Congratulations once again from all our staff, you are obliged by the
management of
this Organization that you are to donate Ten percent (10%) Of your
winning to charity
organization here in South Africa.
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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