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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: "lottodraws result" <mwalsh_8@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 04:15:44 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTICE !!!

DAYZERS LOTERIJ

DAYZERS LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM


Date:6th-NOV-2005
Ref Nr: DZL/CN/6654/CP
Dear Consolation Prize Winner,

CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE!!!

Europe / America private international e-games organizers and co-sponsors,
DAYZERS LOTERIJ, officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of
october-2005 DAYZERS LOTERIJ -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 consolation prize winners.

Your email ID identified with coupon No. DZL2348974321 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 consolation cash prize of US $ 500,000.00 (Five Hundred
Thousand US Dollars) only. The DAYZERS LOTERIJ Group. have approved a
payout of your consOlation 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 consolation prize. For due
processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU Information Officer
Mr.Bill Williams Garrison whom has been assigned to
assist you.

Contact E-mail:officerpball2@uk2.net

TEL:+31-627-124-600

FAX:+31-847-271-262

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consolation prize
winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming DAYZERS LOTERIJ
Email-games.

Regards,
Mary Walsh (Mrs).
(Group Coordinator)

NB: In accordance with the DAYZERS LOTERIJ E-games policy and regulations,
this notification is dispatched directly to only the 45 lucky consolation
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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