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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: "Heindel Krugger" <hastingsmalume9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hastingsmalume@inbox.com
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:17:06 +0200
Subject: Winning Notice

MAHALA LOBOLI FOUNDATION

POWERBALL LOTTO-WHEEL E-GAME 2005,

Date: 1st-NOVEMBER-2005

REF NO: MLF/06/6654/LWG

Dear Consultation Prize Winner,


CONSULTATION PRIZE NOTICE

The Mahala Loboli Foundation international e-games organizers and
co-sponsors, UTHINGO

LOTTERIES SOUTH AFRICA officially brings to your notice, the final draw
result of the 20th

AUGUST-2005 POWERBALL LOTTO-wheel E-game which was conducted at our
international corporate
office complex in Johannesburg.

Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give out
prizes based on

COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seeks to encourage the
use of the

Internet for academic and business pursuits. Its major aim is to promote
music, theater, art

and literary projects in the social and political arena with a focus on
health, as
well as science, research, and higher education. We wish to congratulate and
inform you on

the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 45
lucky consultation

prize winners.

Your email ID identified with Coupon No. PBL242-6914-20 and was selected by
our E-games

Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email
addresses

enrolled for the E-game. Your email ID was included among the 50,000
different email

addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies.
You have won a
consultation cash prize of US $1.500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred
Thousand US
Dollars) only. The MAHALA LOBOLI FOUNDATION has approved a payout of your
consultation cash

prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment
Agency. Our DUE

PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete assistance and provide
additional information

and processes for the claims of your consultation prize.

For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU accredited
claims officer

MR. HASTINGS MALUME
TEL:+27-73-5344911
E-mail:hastingsmalume@inbox.com

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consultation prize
winning, we hope

you will partake in our forth coming POWERBALL LOTTO-wheel Email-games end
of year

sweepstakes special.

Regards,

Mrs Heindel Krugger

NB: In accordance with the POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-games policy and
regulations,this

notification is dispatched directly to only the 45 lucky consultation prize
Winners.This

notification also contains information that is proprietary, privileged or
confidential or
otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. Any breach of confidentiality on
the part of the

winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail.
Rather, contact

your claims officer whose credentials are listed above. All staff of MAHALA
LOBOLI

FOUNDATION and members of their family as well as South Africans of all ages
are barred from

this lottery.MAHALA LOBOLI FOUNDATION

POWERBALL LOTTO-WHEEL E-GAME 2005,

Date: 1st-NOVEMBER-2005

REF NO: MLF/06/6654/LWG

Dear Consultation Prize Winner,


CONSULTATION PRIZE NOTICE

The Mahala Loboli Foundation international e-games organizers and
co-sponsors, UTHINGO

LOTTERIES SOUTH AFRICA officially brings to your notice, the final draw
result of the 20th

AUGUST-2005 POWERBALL LOTTO-wheel E-game which was conducted at our
international corporate
office complex in Johannesburg.

Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give out
prizes based on

COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seeks to encourage the
use of the

Internet for academic and business pursuits. Its major aim is to promote
music, theater, art

and literary projects in the social and political arena with a focus on
health, as
well as science, research, and higher education. We wish to congratulate and
inform you on

the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 45
lucky consultation

prize winners.

Your email ID identified with Coupon No. PBL242-6914-20 and was selected by
our E-games

Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email
addresses

enrolled for the E-game. Your email ID was included among the 50,000
different email

addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies.
You have won a
consultation cash prize of US $1.500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred
Thousand US
Dollars) only. The MAHALA LOBOLI FOUNDATION has approved a payout of your
consultation cash

prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment
Agency. Our DUE

PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete assistance and provide
additional information

and processes for the claims of your consultation prize.

For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU accredited
claims officer

MR. HASTINGS MALUME
TEL:+27-73-5344911
E-mail:hastingsmalume@inbox.com

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consultation prize
winning, we hope

you will partake in our forth coming POWERBALL LOTTO-wheel Email-games end
of year

sweepstakes special.

Regards,

Mrs Heindel Krugger

NB: In accordance with the POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-games policy and
regulations,this

notification is dispatched directly to only the 45 lucky consultation prize
Winners.This

notification also contains information that is proprietary, privileged or
confidential or
otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. Any breach of confidentiality on
the part of the

winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail.
Rather, contact

your claims officer whose credentials are listed above. All staff of MAHALA
LOBOLI

FOUNDATION and members of their family as well as South Africans of all ages
are barred from

this lottery.



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