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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: "nationallotterypty company" <nationallotterypty@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 14:59:18 +0000
Subject: FINAL NOTICE
Promotion manager
1 July 2005 12:21:28 -0800
123 Table way Cambridge,
Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
FROM: PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: ZAR/43282/2005
BATCH: 08/11810/ZIE
ATTENTION:
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you from NATIONAL LOTTERY Of the Lottery
Held on 7TH JUNE 2005, which your e-mail address happens to be in
our category (A) winners.
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. Your
e-mail address, attached with REFERENCE NUMBER REF: ZAR/43282/2005
BATCH: 08/11810/ZIE with serial number 818-09 drew the lucky numbers
7-8-40-15-3-49 and consequently won our June lottery draws
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of $1,200,000.00
In cash, which is the winning payout for First category Winners. This is
From the total prize money of $15.5 Million shared among the winners in the
First category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your winnings should be claimed from our Claims Department 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 claims agent/department.
MARK SAKAH
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
(CLAIMS DEPARTMENT)
NATIONAL LOTTERY
CAPE TOWN
EMAIL: marksakah@webmail.co.za
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.
REF: ZAR/43282/2005 BATCH: 08/11810/ZIE
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 advised by the
Management of this Organization that you are to voluntarily donate Ten
percent (10%) of your winning to charity.
God Bless You.
Sincerely,
RUTH MOLESE
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
_________________________________________________________________
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