Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
LEADWAY NET PROMO LOTTERY (2005)
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From: leadway lotto leadwaylotto@hotmail.com
Date: Oct 22, 2005 1:43 PM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS
LEADWAY NET PROMO LOTTERY,
INTERNATIONAL LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY,
KATTENGAT 1
AMSTERDAM 1012
THE NETHERLANDS
TO: THE MANAGER
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LNP/43210460037/ BATCH: 21/00315
ATTENTION:
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE:
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 22nd October
2005, of winners of the LEADWAY NET PROMO LOTTERY, INTERNATIONAL LOTTO
PROMO LOTTERY, held on 22nd September 2005. Your company,is attached
to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number 6703-55 drew the
lucky numbers 45-33-55-37-66-00, and consequently won the lottery in
the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of US$5.5M in cash credited to file REF NO. LNP/43210460037. This
is from total prize money of US$93,500,000.00 shared among the
seventeen international winners in this category. All participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 25,000 names
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 deposited with a Security company insured in your
name. 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. We hope with a part of your prize, you
will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3billion
International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact our International claim agent:
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
MR.John Hart
Email: johnhart07@yahoo.com
for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not
later than 22nd November 2005. After this date, all funds will be
returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of
your corespondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any
change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.
Finally, any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification, and as such winner are adviced to keep
their winning information personal to avoid loss of vital information
that could result to double claiming as such claims will be cancele.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
MRS SUSAN KUPER
PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
LEADWAY NET PROMO LOTTERY,
THE NETHERLANDS
