Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
Luckyday E-mail Lottery International (2006)
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From: LuckyDay WorldLotto luckyworldlotto@walla.com
Date: Apr 10, 2006 9:19 AM
Subject: NOTICE!!!!!!
From:The Vice President (Operations)
Luckyday E-mail Lottery International
Promotions/Prize Claim Award Department.
Batch No: LD/CL56/456312112148924/3759323/18763
Ref No: GY1/RT876/3871729871876539/466310/88383
ATTN:LUCKY WINNER,
This is to inform you of the release of the E-mail Lottery Ballot International/World Gaming Board held on the 23th of March 2006. Due to the mix up of numbers,the results were released on the 30th of March, 2006.Your Email address attached to Ticket number: 458765873313 with Serial number: 2784251965 drew the lucky numbers of :04 -10- 17- 23- 34- 51 -84 which consequently won the lottery In the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of Five Million Pounds Sterling Only (£5,000,000:00) in cash which is presently deposited in the Custody of a Firm of Fund Managers in your favour as beneficiary and covered with High Insurance Policy.Due to mix up of some Numbers and addresses, we request that you keep your Winning Information confidential until Funds claims have been processed and your money remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 20,000,000 Individual and 6,000,000 Company email addresses from six Continents.To begin your Lottery Claim, please contact our Fiduciary Agent with the Contact information provided below,
Name:Andrew Gordon
LuckyDay Payment Office, London,England.
Online Coordinator for LuckyDay Lottery Int’l
Sweepstakes International Program. Tel : +44-7951681475
Email:luckyclaimverification@yahoo.fr
All winnings must be claimed not later than 3rd of May, 2006. After this date all unclaimed Funds will be included in the next stake.Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delay andComplications endeavour to quote your Reference number and batch numbers in all correspondences.
Sincerely
Katie Morrison (Mrs.)
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically Disqualified. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. This E-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Information that is privileged, proprietary, and confidential and exempted from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.
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