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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: "Juliet Matthew" <juliet_matthew1@pbintlotterry.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:57:40 +0000
Subject: CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE

POWERBALL INTER LOTTO. BV
POWERBALL LOTTO-WHEEL E-GAME 2005,

Date: 22 - 08 - 2005
Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Dear Consolation Prize Winner,
RE: CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE
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The POWERBALL INTER LOTTO BV, Netherlands; international lotto e-games
organizers and sponsors, officially notify you of the final draw result
of the Powerball Lotto - Wheel E-game draw held on 25th JULY 2005. All
draws where conducted at our international corporate office complex in
The Netherlands.We wish to congratulate you on the selection of your
email coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky consolation
prize winners. Your email ID identified with Coupon No.PBL2348974321
and was selected by Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) with
entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the
Lotto-Wheel E-game. Your email ID included among the 50,000 different
email addresses where submitted by our partner international email
provider companies.You have won a consolation cash prize of US
$500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only). The POWERBALL
INTER LOTTO BV, have approved the payout of your consolation cash prize
which will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment Agency
Board upon your preferred option.Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render
to you complete assistance and provide additional information and
processes for the claims of your consultation prize. For more
information on claim of your prize, please contact the DPU Information
Officer

NAME: Mr. Frank Dikkens
E-mail: Frankdikkens1@uk2.com
TEL: 0031-621-987-260
FAX: 0031-847-300-537
Congratulations once again from all our staffs on your consolation
prize winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming Powerball
Lotto-Wheel Email-games.

Regards,

Mrs.Juliet Matthew,
(Lottery Coordinator)
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NB: In accordance with the POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-games policy and
regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only the 45
lucky consolation prize Winners. This notification also contains
information that is proprietary, privileged or confidential or
otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the right
recipient whose email address attached to the lucky numbers along with
the winning information’s you are not authorized to read, print,
retain, copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.



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