Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
EuroMillions International Lotto (2005)
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Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:21:43 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
From: “Dirk Feuerstein” dirkfeuerstein@mailtobe.com
Reply-To: nancyschmeitsuk@yahoo.fr
Attention: Sir/Madam,
RE: WINNING PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.
We are pleased to inform you of the official announcement yesterday of
the winners of the EuroMillions International Lotto held on Friday
22nd July 2005.
You or your company, attached to ticket number 2F5-7HK-4329,serial
number 53J-721B drew the lucky numbers 3-14-41-48-49-1-4, and
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd international category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump-sum Payout of
US$850,000.00 (Eight hundred and fifty thousand USD) in Cash credited
to file with Ref No: EURM/43172845/05 and Batch No: 31/6805G8/FM. This
is from total prize money of US$17,000,000.00 shared among 20
international winners in this category.
All participants were selected through a computer balloting system
drawn from over 150,000 companies and individuals from Australia, New
Zealand, Africa, Europe, North America, South America and Asia as part
our International promotions program for the year, conducted
bi-annually.
Congratulations!
Your fund is now deposited with our finance firm in the United Kingdom
and insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names,
we ask that you keep this award strictly private and from public
notice until your claim have been fully processed and your total
prize money remitted to you. 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 money, you will participate
in our end of year high stakes of US$70 Million International lottery
slot to be held in December 2005.
For the immediate collection of your prize money, Please contact
directly our Cashout Payment Administrator in United Kingdom:
Nancy Schmeits
Payment Administrator
EuroMillions Payment Outlet,United Kingdom
Tel/Fax: +448701354638
E-mail: nancyschmeits@volja.net
All prize money must be claimed before 10th August 2005, after this
date all unclaimed funds/Winnings will be returned back to the
treasury as Invalid. All correspondences to NANCY SCHMEITS should have
this email sent along with it along with your Contact Address, Country
of residence and your E-mail address. Furthermore, should there be
any change of your address, do inform our Payment Administrator as
soon as possible. Congratulations again from all our staff and thank
you for being part of our programme.
Sincerely,
Dirk Feuerstein
Manager,Awards
Schlossplatz 10
76113 Karlsruhe-Germany
NOTE. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to instant disqualification. PLEASE CONTACT NANCY SCHMEITS BY
EMAIL, TELEPHONE OR FAX IMMEDIATELY.
