Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
Snowball Lottery, Salem Guaranty & Trust (2006)
This is one of a collection of fraudulent lottery announcements. We don’t send these messages! We collect the ones we receive and document them for the benefit of others.
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: Mrs. Helen Woods brentcoles234@yahoo.com
Reply-To: lotteryboard244@katamail.com, processingdept244@walla.com
Date: Mar 28, 2006 7:05 AM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!YOU HAVE WON.
FROM: SNOWBALL LOTTERY
An affiliate of Snowball (Pty) Ltd. South Africa.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
ATTENTION (REFERENCE NUMBER: SNL/4249859609/WP1
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040SB03-06.
THIRD CATEGORY WINNER.
We happily announce to you the draw of the Snowball Lottery International programs held on the 28th, March, 2006 in South Africa. You were entered as an independent client Reference SERIAL NUMBER: 652-662. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 2752246896 with Batch number AT-040SB06-03. Drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $1,300,000.00 USD (ONE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) in cash credited to reference number: IPL/4249859609/WP1 made available from a total cash prize of 13 Million United State Dollars, shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category. This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for Snowball Lottery. The estimated 13 million USD jackpots would be the third-biggest in South Africa history.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. ONE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ($1.3M USD) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in The-Netherlands. Our fiduciary agent will immediately commence the facilitation of release of funds to you as soon as you establish contact with him. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through a computer drawn system and extracted from over 100,000 companies/individuals. This promotion takes place annually for security this is part of precautionary measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for processing of your claims.
1. Full Names…………………………………….
2. Batch and Reference Number…………………
3. Residential Address……………………………..
4. Phone & Fax Number…………………
5. Occupation
6. Age……………………………………………
7. Nationality …………………………………
After you have sent down the above information, a certificate of Claim of your cash prize will be sent to you by our fiduciary agent. You are advised to forward the above information’s as soon as possible to enable him attend to your file.
MR. Philip Watts
SALEM GUARANTY & TRUST COY. LTD.
Email: sballclaimsagent@netscape.net
Phone: +31 623 117 432
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with him our designated agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program. Congratulations!!!
Ms. Sarah Haines
Zonal Coordinator
“SNOWBALL LOTTERY SPECIAL PROGRAMS”.
Email: haines_01@sympatico.ca
NB: Any breach of Confidentiality on the part of the winners will lead to total disqualification. You are hereby advised to reply to this mail by Phone or email for your claims. All staffs of SNOWBALL LOTTERY, SNOWBALL (PTY) LTD. SALEM GUARANTY & TRUST COY. LTD and members of their family of all ages are BARRED from this Lottery.
