Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
International Lottery Promotions (2005)
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Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 15:11:20 +0100
From: kate50wesley@surefish.co.uk
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.
68 Brafield house
SW8 4UA
LOndon
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF:CR/SW/A-D27511444 AND BATCH NO:56/1477/LZN
ATTENTION: Sir/Madam,
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today 23rd MAY, 2005,
of winners of INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMS held on the 4th of MAY,
2005 as part of our second quarter of the year bonanza.You or your
company, attached to ticket number 034-1416-4612-750, with serial
number 6521-11 drew the lucky numbers 31-51-22-24-39-43, and
consequently won the lottery in category A.You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of USD4,500,000 in cash credited to
file CR/SW/A-D27511444 This is from total prize money of USD13,
500,000.00 shared among 3 winners in this category. All participants
were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from 96,000
names from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America
and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with WEBSTER ENTERPRISES PLC. 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, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes USD1.3 billion
International Lottery. To claim your prize please contact your claims
agent;
MR. PHILLIP HALL
WEBSTER ENTERPRISES PLC,
PHONE: +447031942911
FAX: +447092866223
EMAIL:philli_hall@yahoo.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, that the Deadline for the collection
of your prize winning is fourteen (14) banking days upon receipt of
this notification. After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed. All correspondences to WEBSTER ENTERPRISES PLC either by
fax or email, should have this EMAIL sent along with it and also, your
FULL ADDRESS, YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE, DIRECT PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
and your EMAIL ADDRESS to which this email is sent, should be clearly
and BOLDLY WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE. NOTE: In order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your
reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with
your 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
program.
Sincerely,
KATE WESLEY.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact
your claims agent.
