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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: INGRID GOODMAN <powerballlottoin@netscape.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:35:47 -0800
Subject: LOTTO WINNING


POWERBAL LOTTO. BV
POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-game
Date:11-NOVEMBER-2005
Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Dear Consolation Prize Winner,

NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZWINNING
Europe / America private international e-games organizers
and co-sponsors, POWERBALL LOTTO Group International,
officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of
15th OCTOBER-2005 POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-game which was
conducted at our international corporate office complex
in The Netherlands. Most recently this foundation set up
the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give out prizes based on
COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seek to
encourage the use of Internet for academic and business
pursuits. It major aim is to promote music, theater,
art, literature, projects is the social and political arena
with a focus on health, as well as science, research, and
higher education. We wish to congratulate and inform you on
the selection of your email coupon number which was
selected among the 45 lucky consultation prize winners.
Your email ID identified with coupon No. PBL2348974321 and
was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS)
with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses
enrolled for the E-game. Your email ID was included among
the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our
partner international email provider companies. You have
won a consultation cash prize of US $ 500,000.00 (Five
Hundred Thousand US Dollars) only.
THE POWERBALL LOTTO BV, have approved a payout of
your consultation cash prize which will be remunerated
directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board. Our
DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete
assistance and provide additional information and
processes for the claims of your consultation prize.
Please contact the DPU information officer Mr. RICHARD MAYER for due processing of your winning
claim whom has been assigned to assist you.

E.MAIL ADRESS: richardmayer27@netscape.net

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your
consultation prize winning, we hope you will partake in
our forth coming POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel Email-games.
Best Regards,

INGRID GOODMAN (Mrs.).
(Group Coordinator)
NB: In accordance with the POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-games
policy and regulations, this notification is dispatched
directly to only the 45 lucky consultation prize Winners.
This notification also contains information that is
proprietary, privileged or confidential or otherwise

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