Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
WINX Lotto: Dr. Bernard Van Dough (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: infowinx042@virgilio.it
Date: May 5, 2006 11:56 AM
Subject: WINX LOTTO: Contact Your Paying Bank
WINX LOTTO: Contact Your Paying Bank
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY “A” DRAWS
Congratulations to you, as we bring to your notice, the results of the First Category draw of THE WINX LOTT PROMO INT. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws are being officially announced today 13th of Match 2006. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mails addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program. Your e- mail address, attached to ticket number 46998126739, with prize number 76210/UK, which consequently won in the First Category. You have been awarded a lump sum pay-out of ?1,000,000 (One Million Euros), which is the winning payout for Category “A” winners. This is from a total cash prize of ?10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Euros) shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is currently now deposited with the paying Bank. In your best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice till the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/non-participants of this program. Please contact our paying bank (Inter Continental Alliance Finance & Securities) immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice: NOTE: For easy reference and identification, do remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your paying bank: To claim your funds, please contact the paying bank.
*************************************************
Contact person: Mr. John Kane,
(International Remittance Department).
Email: intercafs1@netscape.net
Tel: +31-654-743-302
Fax: +31-847-292-338
*************************************************
N.B: All claims are nullified after 20 working days from today. Congratulations once again from all members of Winx Lotto International. Thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Yours in service,
Dr. Bernard Van Dough.
