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Fraud email example:
From: amexeuro@loftmail.com
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 00:33:16 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION
From: Ms. Bridget Donley
American- Euro-Sweepstake Lottery
Headquarters: 101 Ellis St.
Atlanta GA 30303
USA
Customer Service:580 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/04
Batch: 12/25/DC38
Tel: +1 253 369 8536
Fax: +1 208 692 9914
Email: amexeuro@usa.com</go/desktop?
C=new&to=amexeuro@usa.com
CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION
Dear Sir or Madam,
We happily announce to you the draw of the American-Euro-Sweepstake Lottery International programs held on the 14th of May 2005 at Atlanta Georgia USA.
Your Email address attached to ticket number:B8564545 188 with! Serial number 68560 drew the winning: 01/10/11/18/19/46, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00 (Eighty Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02. This is from a total cash prize of US$106,600,000,00 Million dollars, shared amongst the first One Hundred and thirty (130) lucky winners in this category world-wide. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Euro booklet representative office in United Kingdom as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by one of the Commercial Banks in United Kingdom.
Our United Kingdom agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies.
This promotion take place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in what ever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding agent in United Kingdom immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund, with this information:
(1) Your Bank Account details, where you want the funds to be transferred into.
(2) Your full names and contact address
(3) Your private telephone and fax numbers.
Our United Kingdom Corresponding Agent Contact information is as follows: -
Name of Chamber: N Freedom Attorneys
Name of Attorney: Aimanh Abdain (Esq.)
Tel + 44 703 194 5502
Fax: +44 870 122 4595
Email: infonfuk@lawyer.com
Website: www.nfreedom.xaper.com
Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 28th of June 2005. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agents or us.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that has successfully won this competition. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely
Ms. Bridget Donley
For: American-Euro-Sweepstake Lottery International
This message contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named herein. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender
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