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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: "PRIDE LOTTERY.ORG" <clearification@webmail.co.za>
Reply-To: pridelottery@webmail.co.za
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 07:47:11 -0700
Subject: ............................CONGRATULATIONS YOU'VE WON!

PRIDE LOTTERY.ORG
220 RIVONIA ROAD,
KWAZULU NATAL,SOUTH AFRICA

CONGRATULATIONS!....

FROM: PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: ZAR/39224059/2005.
BATCH: 15/435070/CK/KKP

ATTENTION

RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on
13th MAY 2005 to declare the winners of the
PRIDE LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
Your company, attached to ticket number
356-00098-3211-222, with serial number 818-09 drew the
lucky numbers 14-41-25-19-49-37, and consequently
won the lottery.

You have therefore been approved for
a lump sum pay out of RANDS 30,000,000.00 in cash
credited to file REF NO: ZAR/39224059/2005 . This is
from total prize money of RANDS 510,000,000.00 shared
among the seventeen international winners in this
c! ategory. All participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 17,000 names from
Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe and Middle
East and Asia as part of our International Promotions
Program, which is conducted monthly.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now available for claim. 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 promotion. We hope with a part
of you prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes ZAR 100,000,000 Million International
Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;

ANDY SITHOLE
CLAIMS MANAGER.
TEL:+:27-73-571-4831
Email:pridelottery@webmail.co.za


For due processing and remittance of you! r prize money
to a designated account of your choice. Remember, all
prize money must be claimed not later than Two Wee
ks after notice. 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 in every one of your
correspondences with your 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,
JULIAN DE KLARK
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
PRIDE LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY
EMAIL:clearification@webmail.co.za


***"YOUR CHANCE TO WIN BIG" **

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