Internet Lottery Scams
LOTERIA PRIMITIVA: Brian Cummings, Manager (2004)
This is one of a collection of fraudulent lottery announcements. We don’t send these messages! We collect the ones we receive and document them for the benefit of others who may be tempted by the con artists’ offers. (How do lottery scams work?)
If you’ve been a victim of a scam like the one shown below you may wish to contact an attorney or law enforcement officer in your state or country.
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 11:07:28 -0500
Subject: PERSONAL
From: “MR. BRIAN CUMMINGS” loteria32@mail2madrid.com
LOTERIA PRIMITIVA.
C/BUSMAN EL BUENO,137.MADRID - ESPANA.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LP/26510460037/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPDRE:
AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement, of winners of the
LOTTERY PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKES/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 8 MARCH,
2003. Your contact is attached to ticket number 004-05117963-198, with
serial number 99375 drew the lucky numbers 01-15-37-38-48-49, and
consequently won the lottery in the 1A category. You have therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay out of Six Hundred and fourty-Seven
Thousand, Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight Euros and Eighty-Seven Euro
Cents. (EUROS 647.828.87) in cash credited to file No:
LP/26510460037/02. This is from total prize money of EUROS
31.472.765.00 shared among the twenty three local and international
winners in all the categories. All participants were selected through
a computer ballot system drawn form 25,000 names from Australia, New
Zealand, Africa, Europe, North and South America and Asia as part of
International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your fund is now insured to your contact. Due to
the computer mix up of some numbers and contacts, we ask that you keep
this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by
participants of this program. We hope with a part of you prize, you
will participate in our end of year high stakes Euros 1.1 billion
International Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact the
undersigned. Since all we have now is the winning ticket number and
your email contact which was attached to the ticket number, we shall
thus await further directives from you on how to have your winning
paid to you. For due processing and remittance of your prize money to
a designated account. We also want to apologise for this late
notification as we had to clear up the computer mix up. Remember, all
prize money must be claimed not later than 25th MARCH 2004. After this
date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of
your correspondences with us. Furthermore, should there be any change
of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
BRIAN CUMMINGS.
