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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: "Helen Ince" <helen_ince@pwball.net>
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 06:01:15 +0000
Subject: CONSULTATION PRIZE NOTICE

POWERBALL LOTTO. BV




POWERBALL LOTTO-Wheel E-game 2005,


Date: 3rd-SEPTEMBER-2005


Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP


Dear Consultation Prize Winner,


CONSULTATION PRIZE NOTICE


Europe America private international e-games organizers and co-sponsors,
POWERBALL LOTTO Group International, officially bring to your notice of the
final draw result of the 10th AUGUST-2005 POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-game
which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in The
Netherlands. Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to
give out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the
foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business
pursuits. It major aim is to promote music, theater, art, literature,
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.PBL2348974321 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 $500,000.00
(Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) only. The POWERBALL LOTTO Group. BV, have
approved a payout of your consultation cash prize which will be remunerated
directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board. 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 Information Officer

Mr.Cally Martins who has been assigned to assist you.
Contact E-mail:c.martins@mcrmail.com
TEL:0031-621-987-260
FAX:0031-847-300-537
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.


Regards,

Mrs Helen Ince



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. If you are not the right recipient whose email address attached
to the lucky numbers along with the winning information's you are not
authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this notice or any
part of it.

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