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Fraud email example:
From: "Uk National Lottery" <uknationallotto@ukwinnersnotification.net>
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:25:40 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION 2005
--The National Lottery
P. O. Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on saturday 6th of august, 2005.
It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
15 23 27 38 44 49 (Bonus Ball no.34)which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £77,000.00,
(seventy seven thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a
total cash prize of £308,000.00shared amongst the(4)lucky winners in this
category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This
promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your £77,00.00,(seventy seven thousand pounds sterling)will be released to you by
any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever 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. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fudiciary agent:
Name: Nelson Freeman
Tel: +44 7031841412
Official Email: nelsonfreeman_fudiciary@yahoo.co.uk
Endeavour to email/fax
him your full names,winning numbers,telephone
and faxs numbers immediately.
NOTES: that all winning must be claimed not later than 10th of september 2005.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please
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 16 is automatically disqualified.Yours faithfully
AGENT.NELSON FREEMAN(MR).Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright © 1994-2005 The UK National Lottery Inc
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