From: congratulation2005@handbag.com
Sent: January 7, 2005
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

MIRACLE MOUNTAIN INTERNATIONAL EMAIL LOTTERY.
FROM:MIRACLE MOUNTAIN INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: MIEL/1311756100/04
BATCH: 04/077/IPE
DEAR LUCKY WINNER:MISS YOUNG

We are pleased to inform you of the result of Mountain Lottery International programs held on the 1st of January,2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 10501405877-127 with serial number 1770-37 drew lucky numbers 6-11-13-21-27-34 which consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of one Million Two Hundred Thousand Euro(â?¬1,200,000).
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your Winning information confidential until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some Participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every three year. We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our end of year 15 million Euro International lottery.
To file for your claim.
please contact our Fiduciary Agent with these email.{claimagent2005@gawab.com} Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 4th of march 2005. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all Correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

yours Sincerely,
Pieter Botes.(Winning Coordinator)

I write to the fiduciary agent:

Thank you for a nice surprise. What should I do to claim my price? ...

From: Claim_Agent <claimagent2005@gawab.com>
Sent: January 8, 2005
Subject: DEAR LUCKY WINNER

Dear Lucky Winner,

Attached to this mail is a copy of your Appilication.Kindly download this Appilication,Print it out and fill it,scan it and send it back to enable the Miracle International Lottery Management Board to processs the informations and give you the Contact details of the Bank that will be responsible to pay you.

Yours Faitfully,
James Tommy

ATTN:LUCKY WINNER,
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE FINANCE DIRECTOR,.
MIRACLE MOUNTAIN INTERNATIONAL EMAIL LOTTERY

RE:CLAIM.
THIS IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECIEPT OF YOUR RESPONSE OVER THE LOTTERY AWARD. YOU ARE TO FORWARD TO THIS OFFICE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS:

1. TICKET NUMBER:
2. SERIAL NUMBER:
3. WINNING NUMBER:
4. CATEGORY:
5. AMOUNT WON:
6a. FULL NAME:(MR/MRS)
b. TEL AND FAX NUMBER:
7. CITY/COUNTRY:
8. ADDRESS:
9. OCCUPATION/ORGANISATION:
10. POSITION :
11. DATE OF BIRTH:

ON THE COMFIRMATION OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION,WE WILL GIVE YOU THE CONTACT DETAILS OF THE BANK THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF YOUR AWARD.NOTE:YOU ARE TO KEEP THIS AWARD OUT FROM PUBLIC NOTICE TO AVOID DUOBLE REPRESENTATION.YOU MUST ABSOLUTELY BE CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL THE BANK TRANSFERS YOUR FUND INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.

DECLARATION.

I.........HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE AND CORRECT. "MIRACLE MOUNTAIN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY " SHALL ACT AS MY AGENT IN FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF MY FUNDS TO ME.

DATE.......
SIGN.......

THANKS
JAMES TOMMY

I fill in the form and put in some extra digits in the winning numbers to see whether they notice.

Dear James,

I have attached my filled in Appilication.

Regards, ...

From: Claim_Agent <claimagent2005@gawab.com>
Sent: January 10, 2005
Subject: DEAR LUCKY WINNER

DEAR LUCKY WINNER

WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR APPILICATION FORM WHICH WE HAVE FILED IN THE RECORD ACCORDING TO THE NORMAL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROCEDURE,YOU ARE NOW REQUIRED TO SCAN YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR INTERNATIONAL DRIVING LICENSE AND SEND IT TO THE CLEARANCE OFFICER TO START PROCESSING YOUR CLEARANCE FORM.YOUR SHOULD CONTACT THE CLEARANCE OFFICER MR CHIGOZ NWEKE WITH THESE E-MAIL ADDRESS(clearance@winning.com)INSTRUCT HIM TO PROCESS YOUR CLEARANCE FORM FAST.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR JAMES

I send them a big file that I have renamed to passport.jpg:

MR CHIGOZ NWEKE

As instructed by James, I hereby attach a copy of my passport.

Regards, ...

From: clearanceofficer2005@corporation.net
Sent: January 11, 2005
Subject: ATTENTION

ATTENTION MISS YOUNG
FROM MIRACLE MOUNTAIN CLEARANCE OFFICE(WEST AFRCA REGIONAL OFFICE)
DEAR LUCKY WINNER,

You are requested to pay the sum of $200.00(Two hundred dollars only) for your (CLEARANCE PROCESSING FEE)to the clearance officer for the processing of your Clearance form. You are required to send the money via WESTERN UNIOUN MONEY TRANSFER to the clearance officer with these informations.

NAME OF RECEIVER" MR CHIGOZ NWEKE
ADDRESS"FLAT 23 MIRACLE MOUNTAIN REGIONAL QUATERS.F.C.T
COUNTRY OF RECEIVER: NIGERIA

You are required to snd the USD200.00 fast to the clearance officer to enable him process you Clearance form and instruct you the Bank to contact to pay you your Lottery Prize.
You should send the fees by WESTERN UNIoun and forward the senders information immediately

From: Claim_Agent <claimagent2005@gawab.com>
Sent: January 11, 2005
Subject: Re: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Dear Miss Young,

You are adviced to pay your clearance form processing fee of Two hundred Dollars Only to the clearance officer.you should contact the Clearance officer to ask him how to pay your Clearance form processing fee.you should contact the Clearance Officer with this e-mail(clearanceofficer2005@corporation.net.you you should do this immediately and get back to me.

REGARDS
Mr James

From: abuse@mail.com
Sent: January 12, 2005
Subject: Re: 419 fraud: clearance@winning.com

Thank you for contacting the Mail.com anti-spam desk. This message confirms that we have received your inquiry.

Mail.com adheres to extremely strict privacy and abuse policies and we will take all necessary action to prevent our systems and users from being subjected to SPAM and abusive e-mail. ...

From: abuse-various@uk.tiscali.com
Sent: January 12, 2005
Subject: Your Support Ticket No 234652-0

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for bringing a 419 Internet abuser to our attention.

We have passed the details of the user to handbag and they have locked the mailbox and rendered the account unusable.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you once again for bringing this to our attention and for helping us to address this serious issue.

Yours faithfully
Tiscali Abuse Team

From: Ahmed Samir <abuse@gawab.com>
Sent: January 13, 2005
Subject: [BIZ-36012]: 419 fraud: congratulation2005@handbag.com and claimagent2005@gawab.com

To whom it may concern,
Thank you for reporting to us, we will investigate this matter and respond with the proper action.
Thank you for contacting us,
customer support,
Ahmed Samir