Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
MICROSOFT PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL (2005)
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From: microsoftpromotionnlxnl@virgilio.it
Date: Oct 7, 2005 2:27 PM
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS WON A PROMOTION
CONGRATULATION!!! YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS WON A PROMOTION
MICROSOFT EMAIL PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL
FROM:INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD.
PROMOTING INTERNET USAGE OVER THE GLOBE
(MICROSOFT ENCOURAGE GLOBALIZATION)
FROM: THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
Microsoft B.V. Boeing Avenue 44 9459
PE Schiphol-Rijk.
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY “A” DRAWS Congratulations to you as we bring to
your notice, the results of the First Category draws of MICROSOFT
PROMOTION INT. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a
winner under the First Category, which is part of our promotional
draws. The draws are being officially announced today 7th of October
2005. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system
drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from
Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as
part of our International Promotions Program.
Your e- mail address, attached to ticket number 50941465206-529, with
serial number 5772-54 drew the lucky numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44 and
consequently won in the First Category. You have therefore been
awarded a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000 (One Million Euros), which is
the winning payout for Category A winners. This is from the total
prize money from 2,000,000 shared among the 2 winners in this category
CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. In
your best interest to aviod mix up of numbers and names of any kind,
we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly
from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has
been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts
by participants/nonparticipants of this program. Please contact your
claims agent immediately for due processing and remittance of your
prize money to a designated account of your choice: To file for your
claim, please contact the fiduciary agent.
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Mr.Sticker van Haren,
Address:T. 220A 2060HT,AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.
Tel.:+31-611-447-805
Email :prudenttrustt@sify.com
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You are advised to contact the agents by email. Failure to do so may
warrant disqualification. NOTE: For easy reference and identification,
find below your Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these
numbers in your correspondence with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: LSLUK/2031/8161/04
BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotions program.
Sincerely Yours,
Mrs.MARISKA NOWAK.
THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR,
MICROSOFT NL.
N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Contact your fiduciary agent immediately.
