Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
LUCKYDAY INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY (2005)
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From: edi_na_gomez11@go.com edi_na_gomez11@go.com
Date: Oct 31, 2005 3:16 PM
Subject: CLAIM YOUR WINNING!!!
AWARD/FINAL NOTIFICATION
LUCKYDAY INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, NEDERLAND.
Laan van Hoornwijck 55
2289 DG Rijswijk
Postadres
Postbus 3059
2280 GB Rijswijk
Website:www.luckyday.nl
LUCKYDAY INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, announces today the winners of its
internet lottery program for this quarter.
The lottery program is conducted every quarter with email addresses of
internet users.
The draws are usually from about 26,000 email addresses from all over
the world,which are selected from the internet randomly. The draws are
made in four categories using a special computer balloting system.
Your receipt of this mail means that your email address has won in
category ?D? of the draws.
Your email address drew the winning numbers:32:01:00:67:4 serial
number 3232134,batch number ssL/45829/NL/05,lottery ref number
SL8455110 and security credited file numbers 01-37-44-85-486 and
subsequently won the sum of 800,000,00 EURO (EIGHT HUNDERED THOUSAND
EURO).
You are at this point advised to contact our NL agent below to begin
your claim:
CLAIMS AGENT MRS EDINA GOMEZ
Email: gomez_edina@yahoo.com
You will be given a form to complete and return same to any one of our
appointed financial trustees.
Their winning/processing department will validate your winning and
provide information on the collection of your prize. All winning must
be claimed not later than 15th of November 2005.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next
stake.
You are advised to initiate contact with our agent within one weeks of
the receipt of this mail.
Any prize whose collection is not initiated within the stipulated time
will be deemed unclaimed.
We do urge you to fully cooperate with us so that you could collect
your winning.
In course of any change of address do inform our agent as soon as
possible.
Sincerely yours,
Mr. Richard K. Lloyd
Lottery Coordinator.