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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: lottopromotions@iol.pt
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 08:18:11 -0800
Subject: YOU HAVE WON!!! THE 1ST CATEGORY EMAIL BALLOT BONANZA $1.5M.(FINAL
NOTICE.)


LOTTO.NL.
Laan van Hoornwijck 55
2289 DG Rijswijk
Inslagenlijn: 0909-0202
Uitslagenlijn: 0900-9525
Customerlijn: 0031-611-196-611
Fax: 0031-847-521-340
www.lotto.nl

From: The Lottery Coordinator,
International Promotions/Prize Award Department




YOU HAVE WON!!! THE 1ST CATEGORY EMAIL BALLOT BONANZA $1.5M.(FINAL NOTICE.)

RESULTS FOR "A" DRAW 1ST CATEGORY



Dear Winner,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the Email Ballot Bonanza 'A'draw 1st
Category of LOTTO.NL.

We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the 1st Category,which is part of our promotional
draws. The draws were held on 22nd march.2005 and results are being officially announced today.
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,
Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.

Your Email Address, attached to ticket number 6453-0-786 with serial number 59-18 drew the lucky numbers 90-92-78-05(67) and consequently won in the First Category.You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of $1.500,000.00(One million five hundred thousand Dollars)which is the winning payout for Category A winners.
This is from the total prize money of $6,000,000 Dollars shared among the 4 winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your funds is now deposited with funds remittance department and insured to the real value ready for transfer. In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep
the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transfering your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/non participants of this program.

We also wish to bring to your notice our premium stake draw where you stand a chance of winning up to 7.2 million
Dollars.We hope that with a part of your prize you will participate.Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:


LOTTO.NL
Email Prize Remittance Dept,
(Transfer Managers.)
Mr. A.BROCKWORST.(English Speaking).
MRS.R.KATWIJK.(Dutch Speaking).
TEL:0031-611-196-611.
Fax:0031-847-520-585
REPLY-EMAIL:lottonl@winningteam.com

Please be informed that the non-residence of the Netherlands is required to pay for the processing/legal fees for their collection of their winning prize.

You are advised to contact the above by email or fax on receiving this notice with contact and winning details.
Failure to do so may warrant Disqualification.

NOTE: Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondences with your claims agent.REFERENCE
NUMBER: CAP/2031/8161/04 BATCH NUMBER: R3/A312-59.
Congratulations once again from all our staff,this promotional program is done once in every 3 years.
For further explanations call the customers service telephone number above.

Sincerely,

Mrs.Yvonne.Van Oort

THE LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR,
LOTTO NL.

N.B: Any breach of inconfidentiality on the part of the winner will result to disqualification.
Please do not reply to this mail . Reply to lottonl@winningteam.com and contact by telephone
by quoting your winning details to your Claims agent immediately for remittance of your winning
prize of $1.5 million.


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