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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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From: "lotto board" <lotto_board033@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: baloyifanas@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:03:02 +0200
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNERS !!!! CANADA LOTTERY CONGRATULATION !!!!!
CANADA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERYPrivate Bag X50, Auckland Park, 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa Tel: +27 83-734-7092 Congratulations! The International Mega Promotion team is proud to inform you that you have won USD 930,000.00 Why you have won Your E-mail address is one of 200 lucky Addresses who have won in the weekly Promotion. See below how to claim your prize. Details on the Winnings Your Winning Reference Number is: IMP/73253ZA/2005 Batch Number: 642376/ZA/2005. I wish to Congratulate you on your victory, you are a lucky person to have won this lottery. Your email address was amongst those chosen this quarter from our new java-based software that randomly selects email addresses from the web from which winners are selected. You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your claims and certificate which will facilitate the Your winning price is to the tune of 930 Thousand dollar. 1. Full names. 2. Phone number. 3. Fax number. 4. Occupation. 5. Sex. 6. Age. 7. Country. 8)country of resident Remember, you must contact your claim agent Mr Baloyi,Call him and claim your prize after calling him send your refrence and batch number and all the above informations to his email address and call him to let him know that you have contacted him through email. Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program. for claiming of your prize and remember to quote your reference and Batch Number for easy processing of your prize. That's it! Processing Manager: Mr. Fana Baloyi Email: baloyifanaa@hotmail.com Email: baloyifanas@yahoo.comTel : +27 83-734-7092 Congratulations again and have a lot of fun. The International Mega Promotion team
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