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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: "foresight lottery promotion" <foresightlottopromo@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: foresightlottopromo@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 22:21:01 +0000
Subject: Congratulations.You_are_a_lotto_Winner.
FORESIGHT LOTTERY PROMOTION UK
FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
FORESIGHT LOTTERY PROMOTION UK.
REF: FST/25512561969/22
BATCH:14/00455/IPD.
TICKET NO:025-1146-1992-750
Dear Winner,
AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today Of winners of the
FORESIGHT LOTTERY PROMOTION UK.INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 2nd September,
2005 were our winners were listed in which your ticket has Been confirmed to
have won the SWEEPSTAKES for this year.
You / your company, attached to Ticket Number 025-1146-1992-750, with Batch
Number 14/00455/IPD.drew the lucky numbers 025-1146-1992-750, and
consequently won in category B.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$5,500.000.00
in cash credited to file REF NO: FST/25512561969/22 This is from total prize
money of US$93,500,000.00 shared among the seventeen(17) international
winners in the category B. All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 30,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America,
Asia, Europe, USA and North America as part our International Promotions
Program, which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a Finance and Security House and insured in
your name. 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 you prize, you will participate in our
end of year high stakes US$1.3 billion International lotto.
To begin your claim you have been zoned for payment via the UK office of our
organization, therefore, contact your Claims Settlement Officer immediately:
CLAIMS SETTLEMENT OFFICER,
Mr.David Paul Williams
FST LOTTO PROMOTIONS UK.
EMAIL: dpwilliams54@yahoo.co.uk
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to
quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences with your
officer. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform
your claims officer as soon as possible. Also for the purpose of ensuring
prompt processing, you would have to conclude formalities with us within 2
weeks from your Notification.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotions program.
Sincerely,
MONIKA WILBUR-STEINBURGER.
Vice President,
FST LOTTO PROMOTIONS LONDON, UK.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.
Winners Questionaire
Please fill out the below stated form and send back to us with your
response.
Full
Names:.....................................................................................................
Address...........................................................................................................
Country of
Origin:...............................................................................................
Date of
Birth:....................................................Sex:...........................................
Marital Status:....................................................No of
Children:............................
Place of
Work:.....................................................................................................
Work
Address:......................................................................................................
Telephone
numbers................................................................................................
Fax
number:...........................................................................................................
Mobile
Phone:........................................................................................................
Annual
Income:......................................................................................................
Position at
Work:....................................................................................................
I
.........................................................................hereby
Declare that all the information herein provided by me represents my true
identity and therefore can be used for the payment of my winnings.I am
therefore liable for error arising as a result of data provided herein by
me.
........................
Signed
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