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Fraud email example:
From: "HEART FOUNDATION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL" <heartfoundation10@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:42:50 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY
HEART FOUNDATION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
JERSEY ISLAND.
5 PERCY ST,1ST FLOOR,LONDON,
J1T 1DG.UNITED KINGDOM
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
BATCH: 17/01180/OBE
REFERENCE: HFL/2551257002/06
ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY.
RE: AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION.
This is to inform you of the release of the result of The Heart Foundation
lottery PROGRAM held on the 4th of June 2006 in Jersey United Kingdom. Due
to mix up of some numbers and names, the results were released on the 27th
of June 2006.
Your name attached to ticket number 077-4120-241 with serial number 17254-07
drew the lucky numbers of 04 -12-37-50-41-70 and consequently won the
lottery prize of 1,700,000 Pounds Sterling in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of £1,700,000 (ONE
MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUNSAND POUNDS STERLING ONLY).
This is from a total cash prize of £8,500,000.00GBP (EIGHT MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED KINGDOM POUNDS ONLY) Shared among the lucky winners
in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your prize money will be paid by our bankers in the UK.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award
from public notice until your claim has been processed and redeem your
prize money as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, America and North
America as part of our International promotions program which we conduct
once every year. We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in
the next years program.
To begin your lottery claim, please contact, MR AURTHUR BRIAN the prize
winning processing Manager HEART FOUNDATION LOTTERY on the email address
below for processing of your claim.
Claims Agent: Mr. Arthur Brian
Email Address: hficlaimsoffice@uku.co.uk
Tel: +44 703 184 9635
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than, 21TH August 2006.
After this date except of special ground all unclaimed prize money will be
returned to the HEART FOUNDATION DEVELOPMENT FUND ACCOUNT.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence
with us.
Congratulations once again from all our members of staff and thank you for
being a part of our International promotions program.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs.Mebel Augustine
Vice-president
HFI.
_________________________________________________________________
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