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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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From: powerball2006game <claimsdepartment_frank@yahoo.es> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:08:13 +0700
Subject: NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING
POWERBALL LOTTO. BV
POWERBALL-WHEEL E-GAME 2006
Dear Consolation Prize Winner,
NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING
This email confirms that you have been notified of by the POWERBALL
INTER LOTTO BV. The Netherlands of your email lottery winning for
2006 Powerball Lotto - Wheel E-game held on 25th January 2006.
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.
Prize Ref No.: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Lottery Group: Consolation Prize Group
Prize Amount: US $2,000,000.00 Two Million Dollars Only
You are required to file claims for your lottery prize winning by
contacting the Lottery Claims Processing Officer with your winning
information provided above.
Lottery Claims Officer:
Name: Mr. Frank Dikkens
Email: claimsdepartment_frank@yahoo.es
Tel: +31-649-208-996
Fax: +31-847-539-962
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.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Juliet Matthew,
(Lottery Coordinator)
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