Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
WORLDLOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA (2005)
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:04:05 -0800
From: admin@worldslotterysa.com
Subject: LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION
FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTION MANAGER
WORLDLOTTERY, SOUTH AFRICA.
DEAR SIR/MADAM
We are pleased to inform you of our announcement today, 15th July 2005
of winners in the WORLD LOTTERYSA Promotional draw held on the 5th
July 2005. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system
drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from
Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New
Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.You
qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various e-business
website we are running on the Internet.
A ticket number 100-309-7482,with serial number 111 410-887 was
attached to your entry which drew the lucky numbers 1 10 29 37 45 49
and consequently won in the second category.You are therefore awarded
a cash prize of US$900,000.00, which is the winning payout for Second
category winners.This is from the total prize money of
US$13,650,000.00 shared among several international/local winners in
the Second category. CONGRATULATIONS!
You are to file in your claim to the director of claims department
with the information below to arrange for your payout,
Mr. Mike Adams
Tel: 27-73-763-6562
Email: mikeadams@worldlotterysa.com
Ensure that you contact the claim department not later than 21 days
from the day you receive this notification message. Sincerely,
MR FRED WILLIAMS.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
WORLDLOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA.
