Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
British International Promotion (2006)
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From: BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION britishpromo@excite.com
Reply-To: alexhopk@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Jan 22, 2006 4:20 AM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON !!!
£500,000.00 IN THE BRITISH PROMO
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION
14 FRATON ROAD
FULHAM, LONDON
Ref: BTL/101OXI/02
Batch: 17/211/0374
BTL NOTIFICATION DESK
We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: (13)-(43)-(06)-(15)-(02)-(40)bonus # (09).Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000.00 (Five hundred thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £2,000,000,00 shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place bianually.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this, your £500,000.00 (five hundred thousand pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our courier department.Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him/her.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned !!!
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent on the email address below for processing of your claims:
To file for your claim and avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact our fiducial agent, Diplomat alex hopkins (Esq) Email : alexhopk@yahoo.co.uk with the following details bellow.
YOUR FULLNAMES:………………………………
YOUR SEX:……………………………………
YOUR ADDRESS:………………………………..
YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER:………………………..
YOUR FAX NUMBER:……………………………..
YOUR OCCUPATION:……………………………..
YOUR COMPANY’S NAME:………………………….
YOUR AGE:……………………………………
BANK NAME……………………………………
BANK ADDRESS…………………………………
BANK BRANCH………………………………….
ACCOUNT NUMBER(DOLLARS)
SECURITY CODE NO……………………………..
BANK TELEPHONE NUMBER…………………………
BANK FAX NUMBER………………………………
AMOUNT WON…………………………………..
Diplomat alex hopkins (Esq)
Email: alexhopk@yahoo.co.uk
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
JEAN CARTER
Director Online International Promotions Unit,
LAST WINNERS ON BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE GAME.
