Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
ROYAL GAMES LOTTERY UK: Martin Gardner (2005)
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:55:50 +0800
Subject: AWARD WINNER!
From: Royalgames_Coordinator royalgamescoordinator@yahoo.co.uk
THE ROYAL GAMES LOTTERY
UK HEAD OFFICE
10 Cabot Square
London H146QR,ENGLAND.
UK.
Dear Winner,
We are please to announce you as one of the 3 lucky winners in the
ROYAL GAMES LOTTERY draw held on 20th of February 2005. All 3 winning
addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 5,000,000
international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 2 others as
a 3rd category winner in this month’s draw. Consequently,you have
therefore been approved for a total pay out of £2,000,000 Pounds ( Two
million pounds) only. The following particulars are attached to your
lotto payment order:
(i) Winning numbers: 09, 10, 25, 33, 42, 45
(ii) Email ticket number: 273-1-3221
(iii) Lotto batch number: RG-916
(iv) File Ref. number: BT-512-9
Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for
the immediate release of your winnings:
Mr.Steve Henman
Claims Department Manager
BOND TRUST LIMITED.
Email: stevehenman@bond-trust.com
Tel/Fax: +44 7005804427
Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Martin Gardner
Promotions Manager
Tel: +44 7040118013
Fax: +44 7005805159
N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 10 working days from
today.
2.Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the
claims officer.
3.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names
or addresses.
4.All winners under the age of 18 are automatically
dis-qualified.
5.Please do not reply to this email. Contact your
claims agent.
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The Royal Games Lottery Awards is proudly sponsored by
financialCorp’s,the royal group and a conglomeration
of other international IT companies. ROYAL GAMES
internet draw is held monthly, and is organized to
encourage the use of the internet and computers
worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million
Pounds are won annually in more than 150 countries
worldwide.
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