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Fraud email example:
From: WALKER PELKINS <agentpelkins@natuklotdirectory.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:20:02 +0000
Subject: ADVISED TO CONTACT THE SHIPMENT COMPANY FOR YOUR CASH WINNINGS
DELIVERY
Manchester M60 2DB,
United Kingdom
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD CENTER
124 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Two Million British Pounds Sterlings Great Britain Pounds (2,000,000GBP) for the 2007 New Year Prize Promotion which is Organized by UK NATIONAL LOTTERY & WINDOWS LIVE.
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY! collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIMStated below are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER: UKPA/06/APA-43658 REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522PIN: 1206
Attn: Philip A. Payoyo.
You have Been advised to contact Our Affiliated Shipment Company (GX EXPRESS SHIPMENT COMPANY) @ CONTACT THEM AT PHONE NUMBER +447045719388 EMAIL I.D :info@gxexpresscourierservice.com for final solution through delivery to your designated country including your Winning Certificate Signed and Seal .
Furtherance to your pending award claims process, we are pleased to inform you that your file has been validated and the following documents has been forwarded to our affiliated courier company for delivery of your cash winnings to your address as required. 1) Award Prize (Original Copy)2) Official Letter of Winning Notification3) Award Winning Certificate (Endorsed by the Gaming Board)4) A Cashier Cheque of cash value £2,000.000.00(TWO MILLION GBP STERLING).
The UK NATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD CENTER has officially approved the " GX EXPRESS SHIPMENT COMPANY" an international courier company to carryout direct delivery of your winnings to your designated address. The Delivery Company contact, is issued below: Contact Person: Mr. ROBERT JOHNSON.Customer ServicesGX EXPRESS SHIPMENT COMPANY
Tel :+447045719388
COMPANY EMAIL:info@gxexpresscourierservice.com
You are hereby advised to make direct contact with the above Delivery company, for further processes and to facilitate the immediate delivery approval of your consolation cash prize.
Please update this office with your current status for subsequent development in regards to this delivery process with the Delivery Company.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
Endeavour to email the GX EXPRESS SHIPMENT COMPANY .Send the below information when contacting the Delivery company, is very important during delivery of parcel:
1. NAME OF BENEFICIARY IN FULL:
2. ADDRESS IN FULL, INCLUDING STATE, CITY, ZIPCODE
3. NATIONALITY: 4. AGE: 5. OCCUPATION:
6. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER:
7. NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD OR DRIVERS LICENCE:
8. REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522,
9 BATCH NUMBER: UKPA/06/APA-43658:
IMPORTANT: Incase of any change of address, you are adviced to kindly inform this office, if it is still before the deadline, more importantly, winners are adviced to keep their winning details/ information from the public to avoid fraudulent claim by member of the public pending the total transfer/ claim by winner, therefore, keep this confidential.
DISCLAIMER: This email are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the named addressee. If you have recieved this email in error please return.
Just do what i say to make sure your parcel is delivered to your and then get us a feed back .
Congratulations!! Once again.
Yours in Service,Pro. (Mrs.) Edith Barth
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WARNING!Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim.You may also receive similar e-mails from people potraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, Kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body.
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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