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Fraud email example:
From: NETHERLAND EMAIL LOTTERY <netherland83@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 05:26:55 -0600
Subject: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS.NOTICE FOR CATEGORY \"A\" WINNER
Dear Winner,RE: LOTTO INTERNATIONAL NL PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDSWINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the justconcluded annual final draws of Lotto InternationalNetherlands programs. The online cyber lotto draws wasconducted from an exclusive list of 25,000 e-mailAddresses of individual and corporate bodies picked byan advanced automated random computer search from theinternet. No tickets were sold. After this automatedcomputer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one oftwo winners in the category \"A\" with the following:
Ref Number: PC 607 ES 208Batch Number: 26371545-LNI/2006Ticket Number: PCP 002 871
You as well as the other winner are therefore toreceive a cash prize of EUR 1,500,000.00.each from thetotal payout. Your prize award has been insured withyour e-mail address and will be transferred to youupon meeting our requirements, statutory,verifications, and satisfactory report. To begin theclaims processing of your prize winnings you areadvised to contact our licensed claims agent forcategory \"A\"winners with the information below:
Mrs. Mary HansE-mail: maryhans02@yahoo.comPhone: +31 619 705 298Department Director,Netherlands Lottery InternationalAmsterdam, the Netherlands
Yours faithfully,Mrs. Agatha DeBoer,Lotto International Netherlands
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