Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
Reality Lottery Program: Nikolas Pedersen (2006)
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From: netherlandlottopl@virgilio.it
Reply-To: netherlandlottpl@netscape.net
Date: May 19, 2006 9:48 AM
Subject: Approved From The Desk of Mr.Nikolas Pedersen.
Approved From The Desk of Mr.Nikolas Pedersen.
RE REF: ES/DZYIL30/LU06.
OUR REF:05/AMST005164/SK
BATCH NUMBER:SNL41484/06
Attn:Lottery
Winner,
NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Reality lottery programs held on May 19th ,2006 your e-mail address were attached to one of the ten winning ticket numbers 85210 with game Number 8286529.You have therefore been approved for a lumpsum pay out of 500,000.00 (Five hundred thousand Euros)
CONGRATULATIONS!!
All participants were selected through a computerballot system from our sponsors databases, including over 50,000 companies and 150,000 individual E-mail addresses and names submitted by our agents drawn fromAsia, Africa, Europe, North And South America, Oceania and around the world.
To file for your urgent claim, please contact ourapproved agent for your region.
Mr.Sirine Cesar
Reality Lottery Agent
Amsterdam the
Netherlands.
E-mail Addresss:netherlandlottpl@netscape.net
It is part of our security protocol to avoid doubleclaiming and to minimize identification difficultiesto advise you to keep this information confidential until your claim is processed successfully and to avoid unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
Please Note: that you will be required to pay for the issuance of your winning certificate and all winningsmust be claimed not later than June 20,2006. after this date all unclaimed winnings will be null and void.
In Order to avoid unnecessary delays and complicationsremember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, shouldthere be any change of address do inform our agents assoon as possible. Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program.note: Anybody under the ageof 18 is automatically disqualified.
Yours faithfully,
Mr.Nikolas Pedersen.