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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: vaxfoundationsa@webmail.co.za
Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 13:33:50 +0200
Subject: THIRD CATEGORY WINNER

SUBJECT: THIRD CATEGORY WINNER
FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR, INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
ATTENTION: THIRD CATEGORY WINNER
REFERENCE NUMBER: EG-A718-2 BATCH NUMBER: 224-DA)

After a successful completion of the third category
draws
of VAX FOUNDATION LOTTERY, held on 25th of May 2005,
we are
pleased to inform you of the official announcement
today
that you have emerged one of the winners of the VAX
FOUNDATION LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, which is
part of
our promotional draws.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system
drawn from 25,000 names/email addresses of individuals
and
companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia,
Canada,
Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our
International Promotions Program.

You/Your company, attached to ticket number
714-5-9827,
with serial number 14-83 drew the lucky numbers 03,
15, 23,
25, 35, 40, (30), and consequently won in the Third
Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum
pay
out of US$1,900,000.00 in cash, which is the
winning payout for third category winners.

This is from the total prize money of US$5,200,000.00
shared among the eight international winners in the
Third
category.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with JOHANNESBURG FINANCE
SERVICES (PTY), insured in your name. To avoid mix up
of
numbers and names of any kind, we request that you
keep
this award strictly from public notice until the
entire
process of transferring your claims has been
completed,
and your funds remitted to your account. This is part
of
our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year
(2005)
high stakes where you stand a chance of winning up to
US$1.3 billion; we hope that with a part of your prize
you
will participate. Please contact your claims agent
with the
information below immediately to begin your claims
process;

MR.THABO KHUMALO,
CLAIMS DEPT MANAGER,
JOHANNESBURG FINANCE SERVICE (PTY)
TEL/FAX:+ 27-11-484-6400
DIRECT LINE:+27-73-267-2439
EMAIL:Thabo20041@yahoo.com

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