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Fraud email example:
From: cosamc@zwallet.com
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 16:18:28 +0200
Subject: Re congratulation you won a lottery
NOTIFICATION OF YOUR LOTTO WINNING
We are pleased to inform you today 26th June 2006 as one of the lucky winners of the SAFA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERYin conjunction with Confederation of Africa Football (CAF)/ South African Football Association (SAFA) to promote the first ever soccer world cup in Africa which will be held 2010 in South Africa, draws held on 20th April 2006 as part of Our 2010 World cup promotional draws.
Participants in the draws were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mail addresses of dividuals 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 this draw as a result of you visiting various
websites we are running the Electronic-business promotions for. You/Your Company e-mail address attached with REFERENCE NUMBER: SAFA 2010/AFRICA 2004, BATCH NUMBER: 154-02I-CAF with serial number 000-19 drew The lucky numbers 2-2-14-13-6-36 and consequently won in the third quarter of the 2006 year draw.
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 US$15,000,000.00 shared among the seven winners in the First category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your winnings should be claimed from our paying Agents. (LEGAL PRUDENT
ATTORNEYS) 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.
We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our
quarter of year (2006) high stakes US$1.2 billion International Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact our Attorneys who also will be your claims agent.
MR.BONGO GORMAN
CLAIMS MANAGER
LEGAL PRUDENT ATTORNEYS
SANDTON, SOUTH AFRICA
TEL +27-78 170 3620
FAX +27-11 507 5638
EMAIL:claimmanager@legalprudentfirm.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize money,Remember you must contact your claim agent not later than two weeks After this date, otherwise,all funds will be returned as Unclaimed.
Please contact your claims manager and provide him with the requested information so that he can Expedite the processing of your claims.
NAME:_______________________________________________________________
COUNTRY:____________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:____________________________________________________________
CITY:____________________STATE/PROV:________________________________
ZIP/POSTAL:_________________________________________________________
PHONE:________________FAX:__________________________________________
EMAIL:______________________________________________________________
REFERENCE NUMBER:___________________________________________________
BATCH NUMBER:_______________________________________________________
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent.
Furthermore you are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery information and numbers from the public in line with our company security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program by unscrupulous individuals. Again, should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our Promotions program.
Yours sincerely,
Customers Service Department
Safa National Lotteries.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.
Anybody below the age of 18 is automatically disqualified,You are obliged to donate 10% of your winning to any listed charity organization in South Africa.
Please do not reply to this mail, contact your claims agent
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