Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
Hong Kong Takarakuji-Tsunami (2005)
This is one of a collection of fraudulent lottery announcements. We are not the source of these messages and we don’t send them! We just collect the ones we receive as junk mail and document them here for the benefit of others. We are not able to respond to inquiries about them. Information about legitimate online lottery services is available elsewhere on the Internet.
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From: “Mrs. Susan Huan” lottoboardhk@mailbox.co.za
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 21:50:59 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION.
HONG KONG TAKARAKUJI CO.
YOUR KIND ATTENTION:
REF NO.: HKTKJ-1742
CATEGORY: A
As part of efforts to provide short and long term relief for the
Tsunami devastated victims of south East Asia, Hong Kong Takarakuji,
has organized our annual International lotto programme, via special
computer balloting system whereby your email address have won the sum
of $1,500,000 (one million five hundred thousand united states
dollars, for a worldwide reach of winners. Your email address have won
this amount due to verious site you have visit on internet.
Draws held on the 18th of May 2005, were effected via computer
programme simulated distribution system via the internet. If you
receive this email message, YOU ARE A WINNER!
Congratulations! Please confirm your winning by sending:
Reference Number and Category (quoted above)
Full Names and Country of residence.
Above details should be sent via email or telephone to our Claims
Department to contact below:
MR. JASE WRIGHT.
TEL: +27 720 991 159
FAX: +27 11 507 5529
EMAIL: j_wright55@hotmail.com
OLD MUTUAL ORGANISATION
Mutual park Jan Smuts Drive
Pinelands, Gauteng.7405
South Africa.
Information of your prize money, as well as payments, shall promptly
be provided. Winning confirmations must be submitted as soon as
possible.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Susan Huan
HONG KONG TAKARAKUJI
(CHARITY TRUST)
HONG KONG
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MAILING ADDRESS. RESPOND ONLY TO THE
PROVIDED EMAIL ADDRESS IN MESSAGE. EMAIL SENT VIA SECURED MAIL
SERVERS. RECIPIENTS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP DETAILS OF THEIR WINNINGS VERY
CONFIDENTIAL.
