Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
Platinum Lottery International (2005)
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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:43:33 +0000
From: “ROSE NEWMAN.” platinumlotory@yahoo.com
Reply-To: platinumlotory@winnings.com
Subject: Your Winning Notification From Platinum Lotto.
PLATINUM LOTTERY.
Northumberland Street
London WC2N 5RD England
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: EGS/2551256003/03.
BATCH: 12/0002/IPD
Attention: Dear Winner,
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION, FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of winners of the
PLATINUM LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS UK, held on 29th of September
2004. Your email address, attached to ticket number 111-2465-2000-100,
with serial number 3543-07 drew the lucky numbers 12-16-22-39-39-43,
and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of $650,000.00 “Six Hundred
and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars” in cash credited to file
HWS/200118308/02. This is from a total cash prize of $10,000,000.00
“Ten Million United States Dollars” shared among the seventeen
international winners in this category. All participants were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn form 250,000 names 300,000
emails from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe and North America
as part of our International Promotions Program, which is conducted
annually.
Furthermore, your lucky winning number falls within our Western Europe
booklet as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your
$650,000.00 “Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars”
will be paid to you either by our banker or financial agent in London
or Spain. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you
keep this secret from the public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to your account as this is part of
the security protocols to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking
advantage of this programs by participants.
We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes “$1.3 billion” International Lottery. To begin your
claim, please contact your claim agent: Mr. Mike Kigal at Email:
platinumlotory@winnings.com or for due processing and payment of your
prize money. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch
numbers in every correspondence. Congratulations again from all
members of our organizers and thank you for being part of our
promotion program.
Sincerely yours.
ROSE NEWMAN.
GENERAL MANEGER
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION
PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
