Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
HALLMARK LOTTERY PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL (2005)
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From: stephen fiza hallmarklotto@walla.com
Date: Oct 17, 2005 6:23 AM
Subject: PRIZE MONEY
HALLMARK LOTTERY PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
9 Chaucer House
Churchill gardens
London, SW1V 3DW
United Kingdom.
In Conjunction with The National Organizing Committe of the 2006 FIFA
World Cup. FIFA Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006 organisationskomitee
Deutschland koniginstrabe 23,80539 Munchen.
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION……….CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT
INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the 18th of August 2005. Due
to the mix up of numbers, the results were released on the 28th of
August 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 4156189324
under agent ID: 110, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd
category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of
£250,000.00GBP (two hundred and fifty thousand Pounds) in cheque drawn
in your favour as beneficiary and covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed
and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies
and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the
world.
To begin your lottery claim, please contact our agent below who has
been appointed for the processing of your claim with the email address
below:
CONTACT NAME: stephen fiza, England, United Kingdom.
EMAIL: Hallmarklotto@walla.com.com
Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 2 weeks of
receiving this notification. After this date all unclaimed, funds will
be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your
WINNING NUMBER and AGENT NUMBER in all correspondence, and if there is
any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations!
Yours faithfully,
stephen fiza
