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419 Scam Example: "LUCKYDAY INTERNATIONAL (FRANK WILLIAM, lris Hans Kok)"
While there is a real "Lucky Day" lottery portal site in the Netherlands, which is part of the legitimate Dutch lottery company "De Lotto", neither Lucky Day nor De Lotto send out any winning notifications by email to people who never bought a lottery ticket from them. The following spam is a cross between a fake "Lucky day" and fake "UK National Lottery" scam, using some Dutch names and some UK bits. Like all "email lotteries" it is a 419 scam, which is a type of fraud.
The following scam email is a blend of a fake Dutch and UK lottery. From: "PROMOTION MANAGER" <lotterypromotionmanager@walla.com> Sent: Thursday, 17 March, 2005 11:03 Subject: You are a Winner LUCKYDAY INTERNATIONAL. NATIONWIDE LOTTO UK SOUTH PARK 310 GREEN LANE, ILFORD, IG1 1XT, ESSEX. FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT. INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD. BATCH NO: LDNL/001134/04. REF. NO. LDNL/1285579/04 AWARD NOTIFICATION. This is to inform you of the release of the EMAIL LOTTERY BALLOT INTERNATIONAL / WORLD GAMING BOARD winners of the SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY; UNITED KINGDOM. Each email address was randomly selected and attached to ticket numbers and the numbers here quoted won the lottery in the 3nd category. Corporate and individual email addresses were selected from Australia,New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program,which is conducted annually. This was held on 28th of Feb, 2005, but due to the mix up of number, the results were released on the 15th of March, 2005.Your email address attached to ticket number 600235 with serial number 768955 drew the lucky numbers of 13-7-9 which consequently won the lottery in the 3nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of EUR1,000,000.00 ( ONE MILLION EUROS) in cash credited to file with REF. NO. LDNL/1285579/04. CONGRATULATIONS: In a bid to correct the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have 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 only Microsoft users from over 20,000 company and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place annually. Please be informed that all non-resident of The UNITED KINGDOM are required to pay between EUR300-900 Euros for their non - resident processing /application fee as a perequisite to the processing of their winnings prior to the pay out and collection of their winning prize. The amount is subject to your country of origin. To begin your lottery claim, please contact the Fiducial processing Agent Mr. FRANK WILLIAM of The Foreign Operation/Claims Department of the appointed company, LUCKYDAY INTERNATIONAL B.V..on Name : Mr.Frank Williams Tel : 0044-777-457-2911 Email: financecontroller2@excite.com who has been designated for the processing and remittance of your winning prize money to a destination of your choice. Any claim not made will be returned to the MINISTERIAL ECONOMIA, The Hague, UNITED KINGDOM. Note that all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Accept our warmest felicitation and congratulations as we await on your swift contact back to your designated fiducial Agent for guidance on the procedures of claims and payment. Yours, Iris Hans Kok (Mrs). National Co-ordinator . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Walla! Mail - get your free 1G mail today Message headers: Received: from ([213.121.209.14]) by omail10.walla.co.il ([192.118.71.130]) with HTTP; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 04:03:09 +0300 From: =?UTF-8?Q?=50=52=4F=4D=4F=54=49=4F=4E=20=4D=41=4E=41=47=45=52?= Here's where this was sent from:
WHOIS details for sending network (IP 213.121.209.14): inetnum: 213.121.208.0 - 213.121.211.255 netname: BT-IGNITE descr: Content Hosting country: GB admin-c: PP6347-RIPE tech-c: PP6347-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA remarks: Please send abuse notification to abuse@bt.net mnt-by: BTNET-MNT mnt-lower: BTNET-MNT mnt-routes: BTNET-MNT changed: preston.dialip@bt.com 20001108 changed: preston.dialip@bt.com 20020907 source: RIPE route: 213.120.0.0/14 descr: BT Public Internet Service origin: AS2856 mnt-by: BTNET-MNT changed: support@bt.net 20021204 source: RIPE person: Paul Phelan address: pp. Rock1 address: Sheffield CSO(RCK-S1) address: 220 Rockingham Street address: Sheffield address: S1 3PL address: GB phone: +44 114 2776103 fax-no: +44 114 2797834 e-mail: paul.2.phelan@bt.com nic-hdl: PP6347-RIPE mnt-by: ICH-MNT changed: allen.turner@bt.com 20001027 changed: kevin.bates@bt.com 20010606 source: RIPE FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTORS INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONAL/PRIZE AWARD DEPT REFF:HWS/200118/02 BATCH:18/203/JJS. Attention: CEO RE: WINNINGS/PRIZE CLAIM NOTIFICATION {WWW.LUCKYDAY.NL} We are pleased to inform you of the official announcement 27/3/ of winners of the 2005 WHITE HORSE{WWW.LUCKDAY.NL} International Lottery Program, held on the 21st of November 2004. You or your company, attached to ticket number 318-776-2810, with serial number 420-509 drew the lucky numbers 2-14-17-21-35-36-18, and consequently won the lottery in the International category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of USD 5,000,000:00 (five million united state dollars), in Cash. This is from total prize money of USD 50,000,000.00 shared among 10 winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from over 85,000 companies and individuals from the MIDDLE EAST, ASIA, AFRICA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA and OCEANIA as part our International promotions program, which is conducted bi-annually. The lottery programme was sponsored by a conglomerate of multinational companies in the WORLD as part of their social responsibility to the citizens of the communities where they have operational base. Congratulations! Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of your prize money, you will participate in our end of year high stakes of 58 MILLION USD slot in December 2005. For the immediate processing and collection of your prize money, Please contact today our Claim's Agent. TIM FULLERTON Payment Co-ordinator Grossing Forex Burex UK{London} Handling dept Payment Office Telephone: +447903048071 Email: WHITEPAYMENT@spl.at Remember, you must contact our claim's agent not later than the 21th of April 2005. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to TIM FULLERTON, by EMAIL, should have this email sent along with it and also, your full Contact Address, Country of residence and your Email address, Tel/Fax number is highly needed in UK office. Please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers as stated above, in every one of your correspondences with your claim agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions. Sincerely, MRS VENIECE JOHNSON Promotions Manager WHITE HORSE international Lottery {WWW.LUCKYDAY.NL} N.B Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to instant disqualification. Contact your claim agent by telephone, fax or email as instructed above. YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.
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