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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: info_sanlbo2010za@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:30:40 +0200
Subject: Lottery Award Winning Notification.

LOTTERIES AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM
Ref. File No.: (KPC/9030108308/04)
Batch: (15/76/EF36)
Serial No: (SALP97585)
April / May 2005 Edition

From The Desk of Mr. Benjamin Albert Jerrold
(An Independent Lotteries Draw Auditors & Management Coordinators)
South African 2010 World Cup Hosting International Lottery Promotional
Program Award
Lotteries Headquarters: 31, Brixon Court,
Carlton East Gate,
Email: info_sanlbo2010@yahoo.co.uk
Johannesburg
Republic of South Africa.

SUB "LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION"

Congratulations Dear Winner !

We wishes to use this medium to officially notify you on the final notification that your Name/Company has being selected among the 100 Star/Lucky Winners World wide for the Old Mutual International Lotteries Promotional Program based on the South African 2010 World Cup hosting as announced by FIFA in Zurich Switzerland to be played in South Africa in 2010. You’re Name, Email address or Companies Name attached to the Ticket Number: (B9665 75608567 775) with! "SERIAL NUMBER” (SALP97585) drew the winning: (02/23/17/24/33/49/-47), which subsequently on you the Lottery Award Winner in the 3nd category of this Lottery Program. All participants were selected randomly from the World Wide Web-Site & Email addresses through computer super draw system and extracted from over 1.000.000 (One Million) individual Emails, Companies and Corporate Organizations Names
and Addresses as listed from their various country's Trade and Investment Journals in their Web-site from Africa, Middle East, Asia, Europe, New Zealand and Australia, North, South and central America to promote this Lottery Program Award.

You’re Name and Ref. File Number has therefore been approved to claim a Total Sum of US$2.000.000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars) in cash credited to REF. File NO# (KPC/9030108308/04). This is from the total cash prize of US$200.000.000.00 (Two Hundred Million United States Dollars) shared among the first 100 (One Hundred) LUCKY WINNERS in the 3nd category worldwide in this Lottery Program. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Lottery Booklet Representative Office in South Africa as indicate in the Play Coupon Old Mutual Lotteries Award South African Regional Office. In view of this, your US$2.000.000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars) would be released to you by our accredited representative Consultant Agent immediately he commences the processes to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him as Allocated and Insured under your Ref. File Numbers as approved and signed as the beneficiary to this fund in your name .

This Lottery Program took place to promote the South African 2010 World Cup hosting as announced by FIFA in Zurich Switzerland to be played in South Africa in 2010. For Security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information CONFIDENTIAL till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you for being one of our lucky winners of this lottery
prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. (Please be warned). To file for your claim, please contact one of our accredited/authorized Consultant Agent immediately.

His contact information is as follows:

Name: Auditor Williams Smith
Director for Foreign Exchange Transfer Dept.
Telephone: 0027-73-4004441
TeleFax: 0027-83-3554441
E-mail: auditorsmith45@webmail.co.za

Please be informed that the entire winning prize must be claimed on or before 30 days of this notification. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, kindly quote your Reference/Batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agent or us. Thanks for being part of this International Lottery Promotional Program and for your anticipated
co-operation.

Approved, Dispatched and Signed:

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Benjamin Albert Jerrold
(Zonal Co-ordinator.)
(TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY)
Anybody under the age of 18 cannot participate in this Lotteries Program and any falsification claim and documents on the part of the winners will result to revoke and disqualification of your award prize of this fund.

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