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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Mrs=20Caroll=20Gordon?= <mrscarollgordon@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: mcanthony@indiatimes.com
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:01:25 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS AND PICK YOUR CLAIMS !!!
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mrscarollgordon@yahoo.co.uk
The United Nations Lottery
Headquatres
270 John Downey Drive
New Britain
CT 06051
LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)Ref: UN/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
NOTIFICATION OF WINNINGS:
Dear Sir/Madam
We happily announce to you the draw (#942) of the , online
Sweepstakes International program held on 13TH MARCH,2006
Your e-mail address attached to TICKET NUMBER: 1416-4612-750 with
SERIAL NUMBER:3187-17 drew the LUCKY DREW NUMBERS:31-17-8-28-55
(bonus no.25), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to
claim total sum of £750,000(Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds)
in cash credited to file .This is from a total cash prize of UK
£750,000,000MILLION shared amongst the one thousand (1000)lucky winners
in this categoryi.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.your lucky winning number falls within
our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in
your play coupon.
In view of this, your £750,000(Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand
Pounds)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 claims agent
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Mr.Marckus Anthony
270 John Downey Drive
New Britain
CT 06051
LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
Email: mcanthony@indiatimes.com
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Endeavour to contact him with the following informations:
1,Full Names
2,Contact Address
3,Telephone Number
4,Age
5,Sex
6,Nationality
7,Occupation
8,Winning information i,e ticket number..................,
batch number............................,
reference number........................,
serial number...........................,e.t.c.
Congratulations from me and members of
staff of THE UNITED NATIONS LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
CAROLL GORDON (Mrs)
Online coordinator for THE UNITED NATIONS LOTTERY Sweepstakes
International Program
For and on behalf of the Office of the Secretary General OF THE UNITED NATIONS,
PLEASE NOTE THAT WINNERS WHO RESIDE CLOSE TO VICTIMS THE OF HURRICANE KATERINA AND THE HURRICANE RITA WILL BE REQUIRED TO DONATE TEN PERCENT(10%) OF THEIR WINNINGS TO THOSE
VICTIMS.
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You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize
- Mrs Caroll Gordon
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