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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: "patricia wayne" <powerballotto@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 19:28:03 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!!

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

Date: 1 - 12 - 2005
Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Dear Consolation Prize Winner,
RE: CONSOLATION PRIZE NOTICE (CHRISTMAS/NEWYEAR BONANZA)
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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 7th November 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. Roland Carolus
E-mail: rolandcarolus@uk2.net
TEL: 0031-616-064-746
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.Patricial Wayne
(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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