Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
GOODWILL LOTTERY AGENCY (2005)
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Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 14:20:31 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON!!!
From: goodwillagency@ilse.nl
GOODWILL LOTTERY AGENCY
THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT
Reply to this email address:larryjones004@netscape.net
REF NO: TLOT/542372452560/05
BATCH NO:234984/AIS763564/Bacc
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the GLOBAL SOFTWARE
GROUP GOODWILL LOTTERY which was held on the 5th september,2005. Your
name attached to a ticket number 025164-1464992-750 with serial number
2113-05 drew the lucky numbers 1-10-24-30-38-45 which consequently won
the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for
a lump sum payout of US$500,000.00(Five hundred thousand US Dollars)
in cash credited to the file reference number: TLOT/3372452560/04.
This is from a total cash prize of US$14.000,000.00 (Fourteen Million
US Dollars) shared among twelve (28) international winners in this
grand category. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your funds is now deposited in a
suspense account with our paying Bank insured to your name waiting
remittance into your bank account.
Due to the privacy policy guiding this lottery promtional programme,
we advice that you keep your award from public notice until your
claims has been processed and your money remitted to your nominated
bank account as this is this is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by the general
public. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 25,000 names and E-mail addresses from Asia,
Australia, New Zealand, Europe and North America as part of our
international lottery program which we conduct twice every year. We
hope that with part of your prize, you will part-take next year in our
high stakes US$1.3billion International Lottery. To claim your Prize,
please contact your claims agent
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MR.Larry Jones.
TEL: 0031-610-266-216.
E-mail: larryjones005@netscape.net
Alternative Email: larryjones004@myway.com
Foreign Services Manager,
Payment Process and Release Order Department,
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for processing and remittance of your prize funds into your designated
bank account. Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than
25th september, 2005. After this date all funds will be returned as
unclaimed for the next sweepstake. In order to avoid unnecessary
delays and complications, please endeavor to quote your reference and
batch numbers in every correspondence with us or your claims agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform
your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from
all members of our staff and thanks for being part of our promotions
program.
Regards,
Mrs. Becky Adams.
(Lottery Co-ordinator)
Reply to this email address:larryjones004@netscape.net
