Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
LOTERIA PRIMITIVA, VALENCIA, SPAIN (2005)
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From: LOTERIA PRIMITIVA loteriaprimitivaa@walla.com
Reply-To: LOTERIA PRIMITIVA bancofinance@netscape.net
Date: Sep 6, 2005 6:50 PM
Subject: EMAIL AWARD NOTICE!
LOTERIA PRIMITIVA
AWARD/PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT
VALENCIA.SPAIN.
http://loteria.com/primitiva.php
Attn:Lucky Winner,
We are please to announce you as one of the 12 lucky winners in the
email lottery programme draw of the LOTERIA PRIMITIVA held on the 1st
of september.2005. All 12 winning addresses were randomly selected
from a batch of 100,000,000 international emails Your email address
emerged along side with 12 others as a category 6 winner in this
year’s loteria primitiva award Draw.
Most recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to give out
prizes based on the computer ballot system (THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED
TO BUY A TICKET TO ENTER FOR IT. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY
SELECTED AS A WINNER).
Consequently,you have therefore been approved a MEGA JACK POT of
1,427,159.00 euro (One million, four hundred and twenty seven
thousand, one hundred and fifty-nine euro) only. The following
particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i) Result winning numbers:16-27-35-43-46-47-2-4
(ii) email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) lotto code number: PDP98643JK
(iv) the file Ref number: FL/04/67903456/SP
To immediately claim your prize,contact the claim/paying agent below.
CAJA MADRID BANCO
Mr.Farnando wilgo
calle barcalona 63.5678,Alicante,spain.
TEL:0034-618-572-160
EMAIL TO:bancofinance@netscape.net
http://www.cajamadrid.es
The above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance
of your prize funds to you, note not later than one week After this
date if you do not contact and process your winning prize, all funds
will be returned as unclaimed. call the above number for more details.
N.B:Procedures to claiming your prize:
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1.Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the
claims officer.
2.Indicate your full name and address,Country,Telephone,mobile and
fax number and occupation.
Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Yoli helena.
Promotions Manager
The Loteria Primitiva
http://loteria.com/primitiva.php
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