Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
CLEAN LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL, London (2005)
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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:21:18 +0100
From: cleanlottery@o2.pl
Subject: Congratulations! contact our claims officers
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
CLEAN LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
LONDON, ENGLAND.
REFERENCE NUMBER: BTL6738W1960
BATCH NUMBER: 54/1017/IDL
Dear Winner,
RESULTS FOR PROMOTIONAL DRAW CLEAN LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT wishes to inform you of the results
of its Promotional draws held on the 13TH JAN 2004
We officially inform you that you have emerged winner
“number 4″ for our cash prize, which is part of our
promotional draws. Participants were selected through a central
computer ballot system drawn from 4,000,000 names/email addresses of
individuals and companies from around the globe as part of our
International Promotions and expansion Program.
Your Lottery Claim is attached to ticket number 43387109625, with
serial number 0001960, and drew the lucky numbers 05 61 20 05 71 81
(44) to emerge one of the Cash 5 winners. You have consequently been
awarded lump sum pay out of £pound;800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand
British Pounds) in cash, which is the winning payout for cash 4
winners. This is from the total prize money of £9,600,000.00
shared between 12 international winners in the category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of
any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award
strictly from any third party observation until the process of
transferring your prize is completed, and your funds remitted to your
account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/non participants of this
program.
Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and
payment to you.
NAME: Mr. Wilcox Norman-Brooks
EMAIL: l_prize@o2.pl
You are advised to contact your agents by email within a week of
receiving this notice. Failure to do so may warrant disqualification.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find your reference
number; remember to quote this number in all correspondence with your
claims agent. REFERENCE NUMBER: BTL6738W1960 Thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
Yours sincerely,
Jackie Burton
Lotto Co-ordinator
NB: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this email. Contact
your claims agent. (TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY).
