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Fraud email example:
From: "customerservice@zonai.com" <customerservice@zonai.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 21:19:15 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Winning Notification
FREELOTTO®
P O Box 1010 LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68, Batch: 074/05/ZY36
RE :WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#996) of the FREELOTTO, online
Sweepstakes International program held on 18th November, 2005. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02
drew the lucky numbers:7-20-22-23-34-37 -38, which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum of £900,000.00 (Nine Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) in
cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of
£9,009,105 shared amongst the (15) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5
plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide
Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,
associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion
takes place weekly.
Please, note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your £900,000.00 (Nine Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) would
be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is
processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to
claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. To claim your prize, you will
have to complete a
Claim Form from and send to our fiduciary agent and give proof of your
identity(a copy of your international passport or driver's licence) and also
you are to make a payment of Six Hundred and Eighty Five British Pounds
Sterling( £685.00 ) .This serves as administrative/handling cost.
You are to contact our agents by email or fax within a week of receiving this
notice. Please, find full contact details below:
Mr.Barrett Trevor
Alphaconsult Ltd
London
United Kingdom
Email:barretttrevor@britpost.com or barretttrevor@ummah.org
Telephone lines(Working hours only,U.K Time) :
+44 704 012 9778
+44 703 192 1557
+44 702 305 1949
Fax Lines : +44 707 500 9658 ; +44 707 502 3158
Congratulations from me and members of staff of the FREELOTTO®
Yours faithfully,
Angela Moore.
Online coordinator for FREELOTTO®
Sweepstakes International Program(www.freelotto.com)
Copyright © 1994-2005 The Freelotto Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines
Dear Winner,
Congratulations once again from all the staff here. Please, complete the claim
form below and send to the agent for processing and validation.
VERIFICATION FORM
1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
9.LOTTO NUMBER:____________________ B. DRAW NUMBER:______________
10.TICKET NUMBER:___________________
11.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________
12.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL____________
___________________________________________
13. COUNTRY________________________________
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