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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: Henry Cole <agenthenrycol@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 08:32:12 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: RESPONSE TO YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION
Dear Mr Kellhagen,
For and on behalf of the lottery promotion of the South Africa 2010 FIFA world cup being organized by the 2010 promotion committee together with Canadian lottery, we wish to once more congratulate you on your winning.
As we pointed out on your winning notification, your email address together with 59,999 other email addresses as selected for this lottery draw was achieved randomly from world wide websites, and you turn out to be a lucky winner.
Yes indeed you are a winner with the lottery organization and your winning amounts to US$1,310,000.00 (One Million Three Hundred and Ten Thousand United States Dollars).
To file for your claim you are to fill the verification form below and send it to your claim Henry Cole with the following details:
Mr. Henry Cole ( Claims Agent)
Email:
agenthenrycol@yahoo.co.uk
+27 73 489 8526
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1. FULL NAMES: __________________________________
2. ADDRESS: _____________________________________________
____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE_____________________
9. Fax NUMBER:_____________________
10.REFERENCE NUMBER:____________________
11.TICKET NUMBER:___________________
12.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________
13.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________
14.WINNING NUMBER: ________________________________
15. STATE:__________________________________
16. COUNTRY________________________________
Regards
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