Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
Lucky Day Lottery Nederland (2005)
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From: LUCKY DAY LOTTERY luckydayfinalnotificationdept@msn.com
Date: Dec 20, 2005 6:19 AM
Subject: FINAL AWARD NOTIFICATION!!!
From: The Lottery Co-ordinator
Government Accredited Licensed lottery promoters.
International Promotions/Prize Award Department
Lucky Day lottery Nederland.
Laan van Hoornwijck 55
2289 DG Rijswijk
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY “A” DRAWS;
Congratulatulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of
the Category “A” draws of LUCKY DAY LOTTERY NEDERLAND.
We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the
third Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws were
held on the 18th November 2005 and results were officially announced
after the draws. Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 4,000,000 names/email addresses of individuals and
companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe,
Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our International Promotions
Program.
You/Your company, attached to ticket number 3344/6181-44, with serial
number 72-76 drew the lucky numbers 19, 21, 25, 30, 41, 54 (44), and
consequently won in the Category “A”.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000.00euro
(One Million Euro) in cash, which is the winning payout for Category
“A” winners. This is from the total prize money of
2,000,000.00Euro(Two million Euro) shared among the 2 international
winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
In your best interest and also 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/nonparticipants of this program. We
also wish to bring to your notice our end of year (2005) high stakes
where you stand a chance of winning up to US$40 Million, we hope that
with a part of your prize you will participate.
Please contact your claims agent immediately, to begin your claims
process; CLAIM AGENT/VERIFYING HOUSE, LUCKY DAY LOTTO NEDERLAND
MR.RICHARD GORDON
TEL NUMBER: +31-630-054-343
FAX NUMBER: +31-204-470-181
E-mail:luckydayverification@myway.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.
Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 2weeks.
After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. NOTE: For
easy reference and identification, Find below your reference and Batch
numbers. Note that you are to forward this email to the finance firm
in your first correspondence with them by email.
REFERENCE NUMBER: ULN/6191/111-02/04
BATCH NUMBER: 18211-TH
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
MRS. HELEN VAN HALL
LUCKY DAY LOTTO NEDERLAND.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. This is a notification email. Contact your
claims agent. Note: Reply email to luckydayverification@myway.com
