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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: "DE LOTTO NL" <prizeaward01@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:28:53 +0000
Subject: (WINNING NOTIFICATION OF $2M).

DAYZERS.NL.
Paleisstraat 5
2514 JA Den Haag.
Tel:+31-615-446-762
Fax:+31-847-446-952
www.dayzers.nl

PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF Number: NLK/231-ILGI0431/05
BATCH No: EAPA/15/096/TVFS
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: 472-9768-98
LUCKY No: 8-66-97-22-65-99


(WINNING NOTIFICATION OF $2M).

Dear Lucky Winner,
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the Free
Email Computer Ballot Jackpot 'A' draw 1st Category of DAYZERS.NL.We are
pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International
programs held on the 10th November 2005. Your E-mail address attached to
Ticket number 20511465463-7644 with Serial number 472-9768-98 drew the lucky
numbers 8-66-97-22-65-99, which consequently won in the 1st category, you
have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of US$ 2,000,000.00 (Two
Million United States Dollars). This is from a total cash prize of
USD$10,000,000.00 Million shared amongst Ten International Lucky Winners in
the Category A + (Plus).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
This lottery is a promotional program by DAYZERS.NL, (Biggest lottery
Organization in the Netherlands) to advertise to the world its existence.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over
the world, as part of our international promotions program, which we intend
to conduct several times a year.
Be informed that your documents have to pass our authority to obtain a
clearance, which shall be attached to your document in readiness of the
subsequent onward transfer into your nominated bank account within 48 hours
of completion of the authentication.
Due to the possibility of unscrupulous individuals filing a double claim, we
suggest that you keep this award strictly confidential until your claim has
been processed and notarized and your certificate of award obtained. This is
in conformity with the lottery claim regulations by our Organization & the
Netherlands Gaming Control Board.
This is part of our security protocol measures to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants/non participants.
All winnings must be claimed not later than 24th November 2005. After this
date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Anybody under
the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing agent

CONTACT:
MR.KIM BOLS.(Foreign Service Manager).
Tel:+31-615-446-762
Fax:+31-847-446-952
Email: dayzersnl_claimprize@jackpot.com

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be
obtained from the Netherlands Gaming Control Board to complete the claims
process, this certificate can only be obtained through legal representation,
so winners will be referred to an independent lawyer acting as a referee to
assist in this process. Winners are to cover the legal charges for the
notarization of the claims form and the acquisition of the certificate of
award not De Lotto.nl.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, provide the
following when replying:

Name:
Nationality:
Country of residence:
Tel number:

Delays will compel us to disperse your funds, in other words, we shall
divert your funds as stated above. Kindly remember to quote your reference
number number in all correspondence.
Finally, we call on you to make sure that you save a copy of this mail and
note every letter clearly as stated for we will not be held responsible
should there be any complications in this transaction due to laxity on your
part.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

Yours truly,
Yvonne Van Oort.
Dayzers.nl

NOTICE: You have received this message from Dayzers.nl prize dept. at your
winning e-mail address because you have emerged a winner.If you are not the
intended recipient, you must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose,
distribute, print or copy any part of this message. If you believe you have
received this message in error, please delete it and all copies of it from
your system and notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail. Thank you.

************DO NOT DELETE THIS MESSAGE***********

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