Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
South Australia Lotteries, Melbourne (2005)
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From: South Australia Lotteries. arielsbertis@rediffmail.com
Date: Sep 6, 2005 12:42 AM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!
South Australia Lotteries - SA Lotto
S.A Lotteries Melbourne Corporate Office
Level 3, 54-56 Cambridge Terrace
PO Box 3145 Melbourne, Australia.
Sir/adam,
LOTTERY WINNER!
This is to inform you of the result of the South Australia Lotteries
draws held on the 2nd,September, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to
Serial #:01103938151 and e-mail code: 917926-8 drew a cash prize of
€1,000,000.00, in the 2nd class of the draws. You will be paid
€1,000,000.00(One Million Euros).
Because of incessant mix up in cash prize pay-outs, we will advise
that you to keep your winning information confidential until your
money (€1,000,000.00) has been fully remitted to you by our accredited
Agent (Deutsche bank, Amsterdam-Netherlands). Please, you must
strictly adhere to this measure to avoid loss of your cash prize -
this measure is put in place to forestall abuse of this program by
other participants. It’s also important to inform you that these draws
were conducted privately. Winners were selected through an internet
ballot system, from extracted e-mail addresses of over 60,000 people
around the world. This private program is sponsored and promoted by
South Australia Lotteries. Congratulations once again for this lucky
win. We hope you will use part of your money to participate in our
next draws; the jackpot cash prize is €55million.
Remember, you must claim your cash prize not later than 14 working
days from today. If you fail to claim your cash prize after the
expiration of this deadline, the unclaimed cash prize will be
forfeited by you - we will include it in our next sweepstake.
Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
remember to quote your personal/winning information (Serial #:
01103938151 and e-mail code: 917926-8) in all your correspondence with
our paying bank. Congratulations once again from all members of South
Australia Lotteries. To get your cash prize released to you
immediately, please kindly contact our Paying Bank ( Deutsche Bank,
Amsterdam-Netherlands) Send them the following:
(a). Your names.
(b) Your contact telephone and fax numbers.
(c) Your contact Address.
(d) Your winning numbers (Serial #: 01103938151
and e-mail code: 917926-8).
(v) Amount won.
Send the information to:
Contact person: Henriette Mark(Mrs.).
Director: Private banking and Foreign Remittance,
Deutsche Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
E-mail: custservices@netscape.net
Tel: (+ 3162) 191 6606.
Fax: (+3184) 750 4579.
Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Trevor Hall.
CEO/Lottery Coordinator.
