Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
Urban Lottery / Urban Lotto International Promotions (2005)
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Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 10:13:31 +0200
From: urbannationlotto@hotmail.com
Subject: CONGRATS
URBAN LOTTO, 034 FOURWAYS ROAD, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
CONGRATULATIONS!….
FROM: PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: ZAR/900111/2004
BATCH: 08/11810/ZIE
ATTENTION:
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held recently to declare
the winners of the URBAN LOTTO/ INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
Your email address, attached to ticket number 900-4675-04854-197, with
serial number 412-01 drew the lucky numbers 2 9 32 65 72 19 10, and
consequently won the lottery.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
ZAR15,000,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO: ZAR/900111/2004.
This is from total prize money of ZAR120,000,000.00 shared among the
seventeen international winners in this category. All participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 17,000 email
addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe and Middle East
and Asia as part our International Promotions Program, which is
conducted monthly.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now available for claim. Due to the mix up of some
numbers and email address, we ask that you keep this award strictly
from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
promotion.
We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes ZAR100,000,000 Million International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact our claim manager;
CLAIMS MANAGER,
Steve Davies,
URBAN LOTTO,
JOHANNESBURG
TEL: +27-82-3979004
EMAIL: urbanlotto@hotmail.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not
later than Two Weeks after notice. After this date, all funds will be
returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of
your correspondences with our manager. Furthermore, should there be
any change of your address, do inform your claims manager as soon as
possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
MARY DE KRUGER
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
URBAN NATIONS LOTTO SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY
***”YOUR CHANCE TO WIN BIG”***
