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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: unibosh@handbag.com
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 18:49:42 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION


FROM:THE DESK OF GROUPLOTTERIJ BV,
HOLLAND-HEAD OFFICE,
DEN-HAAG
THE NETHERLANDS.
FAX: 0031-204-122-182
WEBSITE: www.dayzers.nl

Att: Recipient,

GroupLotto.com is happy to announce that you are a GUARANTEED*cash-prize
winner of this new year Lottery draw under the First "A" Category, which
is part of our promotional draws. The draws were held prior to your notification,you
have been selected as one of seven winners of the Worldwide Scientific Game
Promo Award NETHERLANDS Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 2,500,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies
from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe and Middle East,as part of
our International Promotions Program computer ballot draws.We in the Worldwide
GROUPLOTTERIJ BV, Den Haag-Netherland is by this program, launching our
model computer balloting lottery draws, developed and designed to satisfy
the cravings of the ever growing number of people using the Internet, Software
and various computer program.

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of prize of ?1,0000.000.00(ONE
MILLION EUROS) Which is Approximately $1.326197 USD,HUNDRED THOUSAND USD),
which is the winning payout for Category"A" winners. File Reference number
for your prize is Ail/571639NL, ticket number 046 -31662498 - 385.Remember
to quote these numbers in every of your correspondence with your claims
agent.Failure to do so may warrant disqualification.

Note; all prize money must be claimed not later than 31TH JANUARY, 2005.
After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. A secured Insurance
bond has been solicited on your behalf; In your interest to protect all
prize money from being claim by any other party. We advice that you keep
all informations and documents relating to your prize award from public
notice, as whoever comes with this informations and proof will likely claim
your prize and the promotion companies or your fiduciary agent will not
be liable; this is in line with our security protocol to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals. This
lottery program was promoted by group of philanthropist headed by Mr. Bill
Gates, and co-sponsored by Netscape Network, Toshiba, Microsoft, Dell software
programs. Payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be transferred
in record time.

You are to contact our agents by email and within a week of receiving this
notice.You are also advised to direct all further correspondences and queries
to your respective category "A"Prize Transfer handlers. Please find full
contact details below:

Dr. Ronald Boltman, Your Foreign claims agent.Nº: 9540772140 .
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA Den Haag ,
Holland/Nederland.
EMAIL: grouplotto@terra.com,
Fax: 0031-204-122-182
Tel: 0031-619-012-099
For further details contact your claim agent immediately during working
hours 8am to 7pm from monday to friday for due processing and Remittance
of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:

Please be informed that NON RESIDENT OF THE NETHERLANDS will be required
to procure a Affidavits 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.
Congratulations once again from all our staff's GROUPLOTTERIJ BV.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is AUTOMATICALY DISQUALIFIED. Any breach
of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.
Sincerely,
Thoe van Hook,
International Promotions Manager,
www.dayzers.nl


___________________________________________________________

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