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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: "OCEANBLUE ZONAL CORDINATOR" <notification@oceanblue-7-p.org>
Reply-To: info-oceanblue@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:51:08 +0000
Subject: File Reference Number: OBL/51976512/4

OCEAN BLUE Lottery Headquarters:
4th Floor,
Berkshire House,
London.

File Reference Number: ACL/51976512/4

WINNING INFORMATION:

Dear Winner ,

We happily announce to you the draw of the OCEAN BLUE Lottery programs held
on the 2nd of June 2005 in Melbourne, Australia. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number: 5172243075657 which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000 EURO(ONE
MILLION EURO) in cash. This is from a total cash prize of 100 MILLION
EURO,shared amongst the first hundred (100) lucky winners in this category.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.In view of
this, your 1,000,000 EURO(ONE MILLION EURO) would be released to you by our
Courier .

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 individuals and
companies.The Lottery teams up with local ompanies and media partners to
promote Lottery roducts, and informs citizens on where the proceeds from
Lottery ticket sales go.

A statewide focus is taken on most large promotions, and the Lottery works
with local companies, such as Pepsi, in "co-promotional" partnerships. These
partnerships help each company introduce new products to customers.This
promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to
keep your winning information confidential till your claims
is processed and your money remitted to you in hatevermanner you deem fit to
claim your prize. This is part of our recautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous
elements. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Name:Dr mel classan

Email: info-oceanblue@hotmail.com

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are

To contact Dr mel classan with followings details

below:

1. Your full names,telephone, contact address and

2. quote your Ticket number in any correspondences with us or our designated
agent.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
of your funds as soon as you contact him.

The Lottery is strongly committed to maintaining the privacy of
personal information that is athered from the use of its web site and web
services. The following statement discloses the Lottery's privacy policy and
its formationgathering/dissemination practices.The Lottery will not release
personal information to third parties except where it is already provided
by law. Depending on the specific nature of the service, information may be
shared with other state agencies as stated in the Open Records Act.

This statute allows for the exchange of public records or sharing of
information between public agencies when the exchange is serving a
legitimate governmental need or is necessary in the performance of a
legitimate government function. E-mail addresses or other information that
is obtained as a result of interacting with the Colorado Lottery web site
will be used for the benefit of the Lottery and will not be sold to third
party companies except as required by the Open Records Act.

The Lottery will not share personal information with any private party,
except as required by the Open Records Act.

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT

DIRECTLY.
Sincerely,
Caroline Bryan
(Zonal Coordinator)
SEND YOUR EMAIL TO: info-oceanblue@hotmail.com

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