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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: "lottery" <dayzernl2@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:13:23 +1000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON.

FROM: THE DESK OF DAYZERSLOTERIJ BV,

HOLLAND-HEAD OFFICE,

DEN-HAAG

THE NETHERLANDS.

WEBSITE: www.dayzers.nl


CONGRATULATIONS ! Your Email address has been selected as one of seven
winning Email addresses of the Worldwide Scientific Game Promo Award in
NETHERLANDS; computer ballot draws and thus will be a privileged recipient
of the grand draw prize of €1.000.000.00(One million euro) Which is
Approximately $1.326197 USD, Winning File Reference number for your prize is
Ail/571639NL, ticket number 049 - 31662498 - 385. We in the Worldwide
DAYZERSLOTERIJ 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 and
other computer programs . This is a part of our international promotion
program which holds once a year for the disbursement of prizes attached to
tickets that were not purchased.With funds accrued exclusively from previous
draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in
record time. After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial
database of 300,000 emails and zoning all participants by their respective
continents from across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which
your EMAIL address has emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw
prize. To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, we shall provide you
with full contact details of our contractual Finance Management Bureau, upon
reception of your winning claim request. Therefore you are advice to
confirm your winning reference number by email within a week of receiving
this notice. Please find contact details below:
JENNIFER MAXWELL,
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA Den Haag , Holland/Nederland.
EMAIL:dayzernl@walla.com
TEL:0031-622-134-739,

Also find all other relevant winning lottery information below: Draw
Serial No:87669. Batch No: 47/02569/NLP. Grand Draw No: 539- 687 - 217 - 93.
For due procession and the remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Note; all prize money must be claimed not later than
30th JULY, 2005.After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Note; 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 our group of
philanthropist headed by Mr. Bill Gates, and co-sponsored by Netscape
Network, Toshiba, Hewlett Packard , Fujitsu, Siemens . We hope with part of
your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes
€10,000,000.00 Million Euros International Lottery in the year 2005.
Please be informed that NON RESIDENT OF THE NETHERLANDS will be required to
Notarized his/her winning TRANSFERS from the high court in the Netherlands
before PAYMENT can be made out into their respective bank accounts; This is
prior to award money transfers policy of the Netherlands (Gaming Board) as
required by the paying Authority.
You are also advised to direct all further correspondences and queries to
your respective category Prize Transfer handlers which contacts will be
provided to you afterwards.

Congratulations once again from DAYZERSLOTERIJ BV.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is
AUTOMATICALY DISQUALIFIED.

Sincerely,
Laurie van Hook,
International Promotions Manageress,
www.dayzers.nl

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