Internet Lottery Scams
Singapore Lotteries Promotion (2007)
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 who may be tempted by the con artists’ offers. (How do lottery scams work?)
If you’ve been a victim of a scam like the one shown below you may wish to contact an attorney or law enforcement officer in your state or country.
from “Mrs.Mary Yang” marryyang@myway.com
reply-to finance_aid@hotmail.com
date Aug 5, 2007 2:24 PM
subject Lottery Winning Notification
INTERNATIONAL/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
Batch No: WD18/0065/04RN
Our Ref: SLNL/255457004/07
Our Ref: SL-NL/0627/07
RE:SINGAPORE LOTTERIES PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to notify you of the release today as dated of the Singapore National Lotteries International Promotions program held on the 30th,of July,2007.Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 50,000 names and email addresses from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions program conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries.
We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.The result of our computer draw 844 of this day selected your names and email address attached to Ticket Number 034-22478556 with serial number 129 drew the lucky number 16-25-27-32-35-43-42 which consequently won the lottery grand prize awards in the 2nd category.
Therefore, you have been approved a lottery jackpot lump sum prize awards winning of $2,500,000.00 Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) in cash prize credited to file Ref. No: SLNL/255457004/05. This is from the total prize of$125,000,000. 00 (One Hundred and Twenty Five Million, United States Dollars) shared among the Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category as part of our promotional program for this year 2007. This is your opportunity!Your prize awards has been insured in your names and ready for claim.
CONGRATULATIONS!
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 double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our next high stakes $2.6 billion International Lottery.To process your claim, please contact our foreign payment center claim agent immediately;
Mr.Richard Lim See Fong
CyberFund Pte Ltd
For due processing remember, you must contact our foreign payment center agent not later than one week from today. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
Mary Yang Foo
The Deputy Coordinator
International Lottery Department
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claims agent.
