Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
GOOGLE EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL (2005)
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From: sofiaburke@virgilio.it sofiaburke@virgilio.it
Reply-To: sofiaburke@virgilio.it
Date: Oct 18, 2005 9:40 AM
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOU WON A GOOGLE BALLOT LOTTERY
GOOGLE EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD.
PROMOTING INTERNET USAGE OVER THE GLOBE (WE ENCOURAGE GLOBALIZATION)
FROM: LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
GOOGLE B.V. Boeing Avenue 44 9459 PE.
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY “A” DRAWS
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
First Category draws of GOOGLE LOTTERY 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 were held on 13th of September
2005 and results are being officially announced today 18th 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 euros (One million euros), which is the winning payout for
Category A winners. This is from the total prize money from 2,000,000
euros shared among the 2 winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. In your best interest
to avoid 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
/ non participants 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. George Paniou,
Guarantee Claims Agency
TEL: 0030-694-6480-894
Email: guaranteeclaims@netscape.net
THINOS 73, 10722,
ATHENS GREECE.
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You are advised to contact the agents by email.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference
and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of
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.Sofia Burke.
LOTTERY COORDINATOR.
