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Fraud email example:
From: "yahoo lottery" <uklotodraw54@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 10:33:06 +0200
Subject: Congratulations Winning Notification
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Messenger Yahoo! Lottery Results You won $820.000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!
Yahoo! Mail announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo Lottery Draw for the year, 2007. All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada , Australia , United States , Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually,consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of US$820,000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ).This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our AFRICANS representative office, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of $820,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in SOUTH AFRICA .
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZEThese are your identification numbersBatch number.....................Lwh 09445Lotto number.......................Lwh09446Winning number...................Lwh09447
Yahoo!'s Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows: FIDUCIARY AGENT: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 our corresponding agent in South Africa, through his email address or by tele stated below immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund, contact information is as follow: -Barr. Phillip Themba and AssociatesSolicitors, Conveyancers and Notary PublicJan Smuts Rd 9 walters Ave
Rose Bank Johannesburg, South Africa.TEL: + 27 83 684 0226Email: phillip-themba@excite.comEmail:phillipthembalotouk@yahoo.co.ukYou are to send the completed verification form below to the our Agent in south africa whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!
1. FULL NAME:................................................................2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:..............................................3. PRESENT ADRESS:.....................................................4. DATE OF BIRTH:.........................................................5. OCCUPATION:..............................................................6. TELEPHONE NUMBER:..............................................6. FAX NUMBER (IF ANY):..............................................7. MARITAL STATUS:......................................................8. DATE NOTIFIED:..........................................................
10.AMOUNT WON:...........................................................
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-selected winner or unofficial personnel.If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately on the telephone number given below and delete the message from all locations on your computer. You should not copy this email or use it for any purpose or disclose its contents to any other person: to do so may be unlawful.Congratulations once again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our Promotions program.Yours SincerelyDR. Jenniffer GrayLOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
Yahoo! Lottery ResultsYahoo! Lottery is a free service that does not require you to register or be a Yahoo! registered user before winning.
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