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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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: "Juliet Matthew" <juliet_matthew2@pbintlotterry.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:38:31 +0000
Subject: NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING


POWERBALL LOTTO. BV
POWERBALL-WHEEL E-GAME 2005

Dear Consolation Prize Winner,

NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING

This email confirms that you have been notified of by the POWERBALL INTER
LOTTO BV The Netherlands of your email lottery winning for 2005 Powerball
Lotto - Wheel E-game held on 25th July 2005.

We wish to congratulate you on the selection of your email coupon number
which was selected among the 45 lucky consolation prize winners. Your email
ID identified with Coupon No.PBL2348974321 and was selected by Electronic
Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email
addresses enrolled for the Lotto-Wheel E-game. Your email ID included among
the 50,000 different email addresses where submitted by our partner
international email provider companies.

Prize Ref No.: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Lottery Group: Consolation Prize Group
Prize Amount: US $500,000 Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only

You are required to file claims for your lottery prize winning by contacting
the Lottery Claims Processing Officer with your winning information provided
above.

Lottery Claims Officer:
Name: Mr.Frank Dikkens
Email: Frankdikkens1@uk2.net
Tel: 0031621987260 or +31621987260
Fax: 0031620579576 or +31620579576

Congratulations once again from all our staffs on your consolation prize
winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming Powerball Lotto-Wheel
Email-games.

Yours truly,

Mrs.Juliet Matthew,
(Lottery Coordinator)

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