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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: "POWER BALL LOTTERY" <pwballlottery1@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 07:23:52 +0000
Subject: CONSULTATION PRIZE WINNER

POWERBALL LOTTO. BV



POWERBALL LOTTO-Wheel E-game 2005,


Date: 17th-SEPTEMBER-2005


Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP


Dear Consultation Prize Winner,


CONSULTATION PRIZE NOTICE


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 the 20th AUGUST-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 in 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 Group 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.

For due processing of your winning claim,please contact the DPU Information
Officer

Mr.Gerald Franagal who has been assigned to assist you.

Contact E-mail:g.franagal@mcrmail.com

TEL:0031-621-987-260
FAX:0031-847-300-537

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.


Regards,

Mrs Helen Ince



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 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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