Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
Irish Lottery Xmas Bonus (2006)
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From: inl Award inl3@borkumportal.de
Date: Jan 5, 2006 11:39 PM
Subject: INL AWARD FROM HELEN BELL (MRS)
The Irish Lottery
11 G Lower Dorset Street,
Dublin 1, Ireland.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59
SUCCESS ALERT:
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the IRISH LOTTERY XMAS BONUS online Program held on SATURDAY 31st DECEMBER 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/05 drew the lucky number: 21 which subsequently won the LOTTO PLUS 1 prize. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €350,000.00 Euros (Three hundred and fifty Thousand Euros) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/05 of Irish Lottery.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.This promotion takes place weekly.
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 €350,000.00 Euros would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe(UK).
To file for your claim, please fill the claims and verification form below and send to our fiduciary agent:
James Walker
Attorney at Law
Email:agentwalker@walla.com
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
9. DRAW NUMBER:______________
10.TICKET NUMBER:___________________
11.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________
12.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________
13. STATE:__________________________________
14. COUNTRY________________________________
That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than two weeks. After this date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please endeavor to quote your Reference Number (LSUK/2031/8161/05) and Bach Number (R3/A312-59) in every correspondence with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims 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.
Good luck from me and members of staff of the IRISH LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
HELEN BELL (MRS).
Online Co-ordinator for IRISH LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKE PROGRAMME.
