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Fraud email example:
From: "brooks wood" <brookwood881@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 07:36:44 +0000
Subject: FELICITATION
FROM,
EURO AFRO ASIA SWEEPTAKES LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
AN AFFILIATE OF FOUNDMONEY INTERNATIONAL
IPP AWARD DEPT,
580 N.TENTH STREET,
SACRAMENTO,CA 85914 ARENA COMPLEX,
KM 18,ROUTE DE RUFISQUE AMSTERDAM,
NETHERLANDS.
WINNING NOTIFICATION.
We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro - Afro
Asian Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 5th December
2005 in Amsterdam
Holland.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 694
7443465 L25 which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total
sum of
$350,000.00 (three hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) in
cheque.
This is from a total cash prize of US$40,000,000.00
Dollars, shared
amongst the winners.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our Africa
booklet representative in Abuja Nigeria as indicated
in your play
coupon, In view of this, your US$350,000.00 (three hundred and Fifty
Thousand United
States Dollars) cheque would be released to you by
our fiduciary
agent in Abuja Nigeria.
Our Fiduciary agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate
the release of your cheque as soon as you contact him.
All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites and
guest books through computer draw system and extracted
from over
100,000 individuals and companies.
This promotion takes place annually and it is
sponsored by Sultan of
Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft and his associates to
encourage the use
of internet and computers world wide.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning
information's confidential till your claims is
processed and your
cheque delivered to your nominated address through an
approved
delivering officer appointed specially for this
program.
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 by email first
our fiduciary agent: Barrister martins Kofi, Abuja
Nigeria, Email
Address is: (barristermartins-esq@hotmail.com)
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are
to contact the
fiduciary agent in Nigeria with the followings details
above.
Your full names, contact address, age, private
telephone/fax number,country,marital status,gender,amount won and
occupation. Quote your Ticket number in any
correspondences with us or
our designated agent. Winners under 18 years of age
will be
automatically disqualified.
Congratulations, once more from all members and staffs
of this program.
Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery
program.
Our special thanks and gratitude to Sultan of Brunei,
Bill Gates of
microsoft and all his associates.
CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT DIRECTLY,
Sincerely,
MS LAURA FREDRICKS
EURO AFRO ASIA [ZONAL CO-ORDINATOR]
FOR,
EURO AFRO ASIA SWEEPTAKES LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
AN AFFILIATE OF FOUNDMONEY INTERNATINAL
IPP AWARD DEPT,
580 N.TENTH STREET,
SACRAMENTO,CA 85914 ARENA COMPLEX,
KM 18,ROUTE DE RUFISQUE
AMSTERDAM,
NETHERLANDS
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