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Fraud email example:
From: "uk lotto" <uklottery101@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 02:46:54 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
BROOKTENTH HOUSE,
64-61 CHANDOS PLACE,
COVENT GARDEN,
LONDON,UK. WH2N 7LP.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT, REF
NO: AG/TD997442718993 AND BATCH NO: 72/784/AHS
ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM,
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION
WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, 5stSEPMBER2005, OF
WINNERS OF THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HELD ON THE 5st SEPMBER 2005 AS PART OF
OUR SECOND QUARTER OF THE YEAR BONANZA.
YOU OR YOUR COMPANY, ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER 295-2761-1853-279, WITH
SERIAL NUMBER 1403-96 DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 64-82-10-29-64-81, AND
CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN CATEGORY A. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED
FOR A LUMP SUM PAY OUT OF GBP4,688,477.00 (FOUR MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SEVEN GREAT BRITISH POUNDS).
IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REFNO:AG/TD997442718993.
THIS IS FROM TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF 14,065,431.00 GBP SHARED AMONG 3 WINNERS
IN THIS CATEGORY. ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER
BALLOTING SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 98,000 NAMES FROM MIDDLE EAST, ASIA, AFRICA,
SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE ,NORTH AMERICA AND OCEANIA AS PART OUR INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
YOUR FUND IS NOW DEPOSITED WITH ALPHA GATE SECURITIES, 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 GBP1.1
BILLION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY. TO BEGIN YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR
CLAIMS AGENT;
MR.BARRIS MAXEN.
ALPHA GATE SECURITIES,
LONDON, UK.
EMAIL: agent.barris2@gmail.com
FOR DUE PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO A DESIGNATED
ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE. REMEMBER, YOU MUST CONTACT ALPHA GATE SECURITIES,
NOT LATER THAN 14(FOURTEEN) DAYS UPON RECEIPT OF THIS NOTIFICATION. AFTER
THIS DATE, ALL FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED. ALL CORRESPONDENCES TO
MR.BARRIS MAXEN, EITHER BY FAX OR EMAIL, SHOULD HAVE THIS EMAIL SENT ALONG
WITH IT AND ALSO, YOUR FULL ADDRESS, YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE AND YOUR
EMAIL ADDRESS TO WHICH THIS EMAIL IS SENT, SHOULD BE CLEARLY AND BOLDLY
WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.
NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND
COMPLICATIONS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS IN
EVERY ONE OF YOUR CORRESPONDENCES TO ALPHA GATE SECURITIES. FURTHERMORE,
SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF YOUR ADDRESS, DO INFORM YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
CONGRATULATIONS,ONCE AGAIN FROM ALL OUR STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PART
OF OUR PROMOTIONS PROGRAM.
SINCERELY,
MRS.MABON KELYN.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
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 CLAIMS AGENT
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