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Fraud email example:
From: "JAMES LLOYDS" <ukworld_lottery@jameslloyds.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 22:55:31 +0000
Subject: UK-WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!
UK-LOTTO Sweepstake Lottery
2-7 WALTER CARINGTON DRIVE D.W,
LONDON, ENGLAND,
UNITED KINGDOM.
W6T 1E2.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: UK/9420X2/68 AND BATCH NO: 074/05/ZY369AWARD NOTIFICATION,
We happily announce to you the draw of the UK-LOTTO Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 3rd of August 2005 in
LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.
You/your company, attached to ticket number 56475600545 188, with
serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers 01-77-13-55-38-11, and
consequently won the lottery in the 1st category (category 'A').
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$2,500,000.00 (Two million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash
credited to file ktu/9023118308/03. This is from total prize money of
US$5,000,000.00 shared among the two(2) international winners in this
category. All participants were selected through a computer balloting
system drawn form 25,000 names from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada,
Europe and North America as part of our International Promotions
Program,which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with FIRST SECURITIES INC., 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, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your fiduciary \ claim agent;
DR.JAMES LLOYDS,
EMAIL:jameslloyds@myway.com
FIDUCIARY AGENT.
for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.
Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 10th of August 2005. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to DR.JAMES LLOYDS, by email, should have this EMAIL sent along with it and also, YOUR FULL NAMES, FULL CONTACT ADDRESS(COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE) and EMAIL ADDRESS to which this email is sent, should be clearly and boldly written in your response.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your REFERENCE NUMBER and BATCH NUMBER in every one of your
correspondences with your 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 program.
Sincerely,
SIR BALLS WANYE.
UK-LOTTO Co-ordinator.N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your Fiduciary agent.
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