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Fraud email example:
From: "Free Lotto International." <vkantor@bgnet.bgsu.edu>
Reply-To: foreignconsultant_freelotto@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:36:07 -0400
Subject: Free Lotto Organization (Winning Notification).
FROM:THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
FREE LOTTO INTERNATIONAL
Headquarters:
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
REF NO: LT/7914290166/CTV
BATCH: LM/51390-0/WGP.
WINNING NOTIFICATION.
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, winners of the
FREE LOTTO INTERNATIONAL ONLINE
PROMOTION held on the 15th of June 2008 . Your email was attached to
ticket number 525-6746-1902-440; with
serial number 8926-45 drew the lucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43, and
consequently won the lottery in the
1st category. You have therefore been approved for pay out of
US$1,000,000.00 [One Million US dollars]
credited to file NO.:NM/BC 921245/KY13.Your fund would be released to
you conveniently by our pay out bank where you will be adequately paid
be by
draft/cheque after proper identification and sign your final fund
release order. All participants were
selected randomly from World Wide Website through their email addresses
with a computer drawn system which
their email was extracted from over 100,000 companies’ website in the
world. All participants were
selected through their email addresses and a computer ballot system was
drawn from 15 million email
addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America,
Africa and Asia as part of their
International Promotions Program.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with your ticket number and serial number.
Please be informed that your above winning prize fund has been insured
under insurance fund policy which assured you that you will receive your
winning fund complete without any
reduction from the fund for security reasons. YOU MUST CLAIM YOUR FUND
IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID CHARGES, as
this is part of our security measure to avoid double claiming or
unwarranted taking advantage of the
situation by other participants or impersonators. The deadline date of
this notice is two weeks after the
date of notification by which lottery winning prize will be marked
unclaimed and remitted back to the
account of “FREE LOTTO INTERNATIONAL" as unclaimed.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent
Name: Ben Harry( FOREIGN SERVICE AGENCY/CONSULTANT).
E-mail: foreignconsultant_freelotto@yahoo.com.hk
Please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one
of your correspondences with your
agent.
To begin with the processing of your Award prize you are provided the
under listed.
Reference number:.................................
Batch number:....................................
Amount Won: .......................................
Full name:.......................................
Age:.......................................
Sex:........................................
Residential address:...............................
Nationality:...............................
Occupation:................................
Post held:.......................................
Tel(s):....................................
Fax:........................................
Income: ..............................
Send the above data which is required to your claim agent as soon as
you recieve this email to comence
with the processing of your prize immediately.
Sincerely,
Gomes Edlow.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
FREE LOTTO INTERNATIONAL.
N.B.Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
WWW.FREELOTTO.COM
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(Registration Z720633X).
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