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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: claimscontact@iwon.com
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 22:29:59 +0200
Subject: Congratulations, you won a Lottery.

IWON ONLINE LOTTERY
SUITE X12 MORULA SUN
GAUTENG PROVINCE
SOUTH AFRICA.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: PIL/46516054/04
BATCH: 24/0034/DBC

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION


ATTENTION:


Be informed that you have emerged a winner of our Lottery International
Program that was drawn three days from the day of this notice.

Attached to ticket number 11,16,28,41,67 BONUS NO: 99 with serial Number
42113-046 matched the winning numbers 11,16,28,41,67 BONUS NO: 99 and
consequently won our International lottery in the Ist category.

Approved is a lump sum of Two million three hundred thousand Euros
(2.300,000.00 Euro) in cash prize accredited to file REF NO. PIL/46516054/04
that should be released to you. This is from the total prize moneyof
(39,100,000.00 Euro) shared among the seventeen International winners in
various categories.

Participants were selected through a referral program and winners were
picked by a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Australia,
New Zealand, America, Asia, Europe, Africa and North America as part our
International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually. Participants
are selected from individuals all over the world that do register on the
Internet daily. This draw automatically qualifies you for our end of the
year International Grand draw of (100,000,000 Euro) that will take place by
the end of the year. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask
that you keep this award strictly unknown to the public until your claim has
been processed and your money released to you.

To begin your claim, please contact the claims department:

MR.EUGENE MANDA
(Claims Manager)
Email: online-claims@iwon.com
Tel: +27731689344
Fax: +27115075635

For express processing of your claims, please provide the following
information clearly written if you would like to make your contact through
fax:
Your full name
Your personal email address
Your winning Reference numbers
Your batch numbers.
Your country of Origin.

NB: Prizes must be claimed not later than 8 working days. After these
Stipulated days, all funds will be returned as unclaimed prizes and will be
channeled for charity especially on the uplifting of AIDS awareness and its
cure in collaboration with the WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to
quote personal email address, your winning reference and batch numbers
in every one of your correspondences with the claims officer by phone and
fax.


Congratulations and thank you for being part of our International promotions
program.

Sincerely Yours,

Mrs. Ronel Peo
(IWON PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR)

Join us: www.iwom.com

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