Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
White Horse Netherlands Lottery (2005)
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Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:44:56 +0100
From: WHITE HORSE NETHERLANDS LOTTERY WHITEHORSE4@hotmail.co.uk
Reply-To: WHITEPAYMENT@spl.at
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON THE LOTTERY CEO URGENT
FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTORS
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONAL/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REFF:HWS/200118/02
BATCH:18/203/JJS.
Attention: CEO
RE: WINNINGS/PRIZE CLAIM NOTIFICATION {WWW.LUCKYDAY.NL}
We are pleased to inform you of the official announcement 27/3/ of
winners of the 2005 WHITE HORSE{WWW.LUCKDAY.NL} International
Lottery Program, held on the 21st of November 2004.
You or your company, attached to ticket number 318-776-2810, with
serial number 420-509 drew the lucky numbers 2-14-17-21-35-36-18,
and consequently won the lottery in the International category. You
have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of USD
5,000,000:00 (five million united state dollars), in Cash. This is
from total prize money of USD 50,000,000.00 shared among 10 winners
in this category. All participants were selected through a computer
balloting system drawn from over 85,000 companies and individuals
from the MIDDLE EAST, ASIA, AFRICA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH
AMERICA and OCEANIA as part our International promotions program,
which is conducted bi-annually. The lottery programme was sponsored by
a conglomerate of multinational companies in the WORLD as part of
their social responsibility to the citizens of the communities where
they have operational base. Congratulations!
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, 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 your prize
money, you will participate in our end of year high stakes of 58
MILLION USD slot in December 2005. For the immediate processing and
collection of your prize money, Please contact today our Claim’s
Agent.
TIM FULLERTON
Payment Co-ordinator
Grossing Forex Burex
UK{London} Handling dept Payment Office
Telephone: +447903048071
Email: WHITEPAYMENT@spl.at
Remember, you must contact our claim’s agent not later than the 21th
of April 2005. After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed. All correspondences to TIM FULLERTON, by EMAIL, should
have this email sent along with it and also, your full Contact
Address, Country of residence and your Email address, Tel/Fax number
is highly needed in UK office. Please remember to quote your reference
and batch numbers as stated above, in every one of your
correspondences with your claim agent. 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.
Sincerely,
MRS VENIECE JOHNSON
Promotions Manager
WHITE HORSE international Lottery {WWW.LUCKYDAY.NL}
N.B Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to instant disqualification. Contact your claim agent by
telephone, fax or email as instructed above.
YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.
