Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
CAYSOFT International Promotion (2006)
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From: promotionscaysoft@virgilio.it
Date: Jan 10, 2006 8:36 AM
Subject: Winner
CAYSOFT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION
We happily announce to you the draw of the CAYSOFT INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM, the Online Sweepstakes International Program, held on December 20, 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/05 drew the lucky numbers: (13) -(43)-(06)-(15)-(02)-(40)bonus # (09), and subsequently won you the Award in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000.00 (One Million US Dollar) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of $10,000,000.00 to be won among the first ten (10) lucky winners in this category. All Awardee for the Online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000,000 Unions, E-mail IDґs, Associations, and Corporate Organisations that are listed Online. This promotion takes place Bi-anually. Please note that your winning lucky numbers is under the jurisdiction of our European Office Representative in Europe.
In view of this, you are hereby adviced to contact the Accredicted Agency stated below with the information, so as to process your claim for the prize award not later than Febuary 20, 2006. Please contact our Representative agent: Mr.Benedict Furnace of the ROYAL PACIFIC FINANCE & SERVICES on this e-mail: rpfs_group@financier.com
Yours faithfully,
JEAN CARTER Director,
Online International Promotion Division.
