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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: "National Lottery board" <nationallottery_board@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:31:15 +0100
Subject: Lottery Award Winning Notification.


LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM
Ref. File No.: (KPC/9030108308/04)
Batch: (15/76/EF36)
Serial No: (SALP97585)
August 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.nlbo2010@executivemail.co.za
Johannesburg
Republic of South Africa.

SUB "LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION"

Attn: Dear Winner,

Congratulations !!! We wishes to use this medium to officially notify you on
the final notification that your Name and/or Company has being selected
among the 100 Star/Lucky Winners Worldwide for the South African National
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. Youre Name, Email address and/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 WorldWide 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.

Youre 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 here in South Africa as
indicate in the Play Coupon of the National Lotteries Board Commission Award
Johannesburg, 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 and transferring 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.
Also your claim award included with Free Flight Ticket and Seven (7) Days
Hotel Reservation in one of the five star hotels during the World Cup
Festive.

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: 0027-11-5076164
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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