Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
CRESTAWINNERS Lottery (2005)
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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:04:23 +0200
From: beneficiary001@yahoo.co.in
Subject: PRIZE WINNING NOTIFICATION
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
CRESTAWINNERS LOTTERY, SOUTH AFRICA.
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
PRIZE WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you that you were selected as one of the
lucky winners in our mid- year (2005) promotional draws,held on the
April(2005). Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and
companies from African,America,Asia, Australia,Canada,Europe,Middle
East and New Zealand as part of our business promotions program.You
qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various websites
we are running over internet.
You / your company,attached to ticket number 5224 ,with serial number
3166239 drew the lucky number 8,15,17,28,38,47 and bonus 46 and
consequently won in the third category. You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of R2,500,000(two million five hundred
thousand rands) in our local currency,which is equivalent to
US$380,000.00 in cash.
CONGRATULATIONS:
For your claim,please contact our claims department
immediately with the information below.
Name:Mr James Ndlovu
Crestawinners claim department.
Email:beneficiary001@yahoo.co.in
+27-83508-6565
You must contact our claim department not later than 28 April, 2005.
NOTE: ln order to avoid delays in claiming your prize please remember
to quote your reference and batch numbers provided below in every one
of your correspondences with your claim agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: FLS-ZR39-825-4
BATCH NUMBER: 74-263-BBN
Congratulation once again from all our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotion program.
Sincerely,
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
CRESTAWINNERS LOTTO
SOUTH AFRICA
