Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
COMPASS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL (2005)
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From: COMPASS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL comlotto@walla.com
Reply-To: compass@zwallet.com
Date: Sep 11, 2003 7:06 AM
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!
COMPASS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMO/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
ADDRESS: VAN RUSSELLSTRAAT 78, 1123 NH, AMSTERDAM-THE NETHERLANDS.
REF: MLI/DA965I-02/GF
BATCH: 9941/737867/SJ
ATTENTION:
RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE: MLI
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today 15th September
2005 of winners of the SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY; THE NETHERLANDS
/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS. Your email address attached to ticket
number 025/078742; with serial number 05908 drew the lucky numbers
25-35-09-74-82, and consequently won the lottery in the 1st category.
You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000
Euros (ONE MILLION Euros) in credited to file REF NO.
MLI/DA965I-02/GF. This is from total prize money of 15,900,000.00
Euros shared among the international winners in our 1st - 4th
categories. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 25,000 company email addresses and 30,000,000
individual email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America,
Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotions
Program, which is conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now in custody of a Financial Security company insured in
your FILE REFERENCE. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, 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 program. This lottery
program was organized by our group of philanthropist promoted and
sponsored by Mr. Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc, eminent personalities
like the sultan of Brunei, Multi Choice and other corporate
Organizations. This lottery program was organized to improve the use
of computer software and for the benefit of every Microsoft user. We
hope with part of your prize, you will support our enormous programs
around the world as we wish to align you in advance.
To begin your claim, please contact your file/processing officer:
MR DAVID PEEN
COMPASS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
(AMSTERDAM - THE NETHERLANDS).
Email address:
compass@zwallet.com
On TEL: 0031-613-618-313
Be informed that non-residence of the Netherlands will have their win
processed accordingly, as required by the Netherlands Gaming Board
(NGB) prior to award payment policy for international winners and also
required by your authorized paying Bank. Be advised that your paying
Bank will effect payment swiftly upon satisfactory report,
verifications and validation provided by this processing Agent. All
prize money must be claimed not later than THREE (3) weeks of receipt
of this notice. After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay and
complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch
numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform
your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from
our team of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional
program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED.
Sincerely,
Mr Kenneth Kerr
Lottery Coordinator, COMPASS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
