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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: "dayzer lotto" <dayzerlotto14@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:32:19 +0000
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.
REPLY TO: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 SEPTEMBER, 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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