Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
Newcastle Promotions (2006)
This is one of a collection of fraudulent lottery announcements. We are not the source of these messages and we don’t send them! We just collect the ones we receive as junk mail and document them here for the benefit of others. We are not able to respond to inquiries about them. Information about legitimate online lottery services is available elsewhere on the Internet.
If you’ve been a victim of a lottery scam like the one shown below you may wish to contact an attorney or law enforcement officer in your state or country.
From: newcastlepromo001@indiatimes.com
Date: May 16, 2006 4:31 AM
Subject: GRAND PRIZE WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!
NEWCASTLE PROMOTIONS
NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL
WOOLSINGTON
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE13 8BZ
UNITED KINGDOM
CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
FROM: PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REFERENCE NUMBER:NIW/50712841/2006
BATCH NUMBER: 89/764334/DG/EQS
ATTN:SIR/MADAM
RE: YOUR GRAND PRIZE AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
-FINAL NOTICE .
We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on 10th of MAY 2006 to declare the winners of NEWCASTLE PROMOTIONS.You were attached to ticket number 778-64309-2125-684, with serial number 665-32 drew the lucky numbers 14-77-52-19-99-45 and consequently won the lottery.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £ 1,500,000. This is from total prize money of £ 25,500,000 shared among the seventeen international winners in the category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 17,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe and Middle East and Asia,From all search engines and web sites as part of our international promotions program conducted monthly to encourage prospective overseas entries.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now available for claim. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid scam,fraud or unscrupulous acts by participants of this promotion. We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes 100,000,000 pounds Million International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;
Michael partel
CLAIMS MANAGER.
TEL:+447040129373
Email:newcastlepromo14@winning.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember,all prize money must be claimed not later than Two Weeks after notice. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent.Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
SUSANNE BROWN
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
NEWCASTLE PROMOTION
EMAIL:newcastlepromo001@indiatimes.com
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