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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a fake lottery scam (9 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "power ball" <powerballlotto@web.de>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:35:56 +0200
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

POWERBALL INTER LOTTO. BV PROMO/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT. ADDRESS:
KRUISLAAN
408, 1098 SJ, AMSTERDAM - THE NETHERLANDS. REF: PBL/669021-OL BATCH:211/45547/BTH

 

ATTENTION:

                     NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING AWARD ADVICE:BF

 

 RE / This notification is being sent by or on behalf of the management. It is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed.

This notification may contain information that is proprietary, privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure.If you are not the right receipent whose email address attached to the lucky numbers along with the winning informations you are not authorized t! o read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete all copies of the message.

 

The Software AG Foundation is a charitable foundation headquartered in Frankfurt. 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. Most recently the foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEEM 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.

 

Be informed of the announcement today, 13th September 2004 of winners of the SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY; THE NETHERLANDS /INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held on 10th September 2004. Your email address attached to ticket number 71-45812637, with serial number 36859535 drew the! lucky numbers 7-14-33-36-41-62, and subsequently won the lottery in t he 1st category. You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) in credited to file REF NO. PBL/669021-OL This is from total prize money of US$12,500,000.00 shared among the international winners in our 1st -5th categories. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 50,000 company email addresses and 35,000,000 individual email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

 

CONGRATULATIONS! Your funds is now in custody of a financial Security company insured in your FILE REFERENCE. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by partic! ipants of this program. This lottery program was promoted by our group of philanthropist headed by Mr. Bill Gates.

 

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$10,000,000 million Dollars International Lottery in the year 2005. To begin your claim, please contact your file/claim officer: MR. EDWARD COLEMAN,of POWERBALL INTER LOTTO (AMSTERDAM - THE NETHERLANDS). On TEL:0031-621987260 Please be informed that NON RESIDENCE of THE NETHERLANDS will be required to procure an Affidavit of Lotto Claim/Court clearance certificate from the Court in the Netherlands prior to award payment policy of The Netherlands Gaming Board as required by the paying Authority.

 

Please be aware that your Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this processing Agent. For due processing and remittance of your winning prize to designated account of your ! choice, please treat as urgent. Remember, all prize money must be clai med NOT LATER than 22cd September 2004.

After this date,all funds will be returned as unclaimed. Please, your respond should be sent via email to inter2004power@netscape.net

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is AUTOMATICALY DISQUALIFIED.

 

Sincerely,
MRS.BRENDA WILLIAMS.
(Lottery Coordinator)

 

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