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Fraud email example:
From: "williams jones" <dr.williams_jones66@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:12:41 +0100
Subject: YOU'R A LUCKY WINNER @ alllotto.co.uk
AllLotto-UK Lottery
28 ROMFORD AVENUE FOREST GATE,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
NOVEMBER 7, 2006
ATTN: DEAR WINNER,
REF NB: 02/005/IPD
ON BEHALF OF THE U.K LOTTERY AND FROM THE DESK OF THE CLAIMS DEPARTMENT, WE GLADLY NOTIFY YOU OF YOUR LUCKY WIN OF A TOTAL OF £ 2,600,000 POUNDS STERLING ONLY, IN THE ON-GOING DRAWS, HELD ON THE 1ST NOVEMBER, 2006
BATCH NB: 36/2006YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS CAME OUT IN OUR COMPUTER BALLOTING SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 15 MILLION E-MAIL FROM AUSTRALIA, ASIA, SOUTH AMERICA, NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE AS PART OF OUR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED WEEKLY
YOUR E-MAIL WAS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER: 36-025-7509-1146,
THE WINNING Lotto NUMBERS ARE: 9, 13, 14, 20, 31, 35, Bonus 32
CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW, OR COPY TO A NEW WINDOW AND CLICK GO TO CONFIRM YOUR WINNINGS
YOUR WINNING FALLS UNDER THE BOOKLET OF OUR EUROPEAN COORDINATOR. TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE, YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED TO CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT, QOUTING YOUR REF. NB, AND YOUR BATCH NB WITHIN YOU REPLY, USING THE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW:
NAME: SIR, BRADLEY SCOT
(EUROPEAN FIDUCIARY AGENT)
Email: sir_bradley_scot44@yahoo.comONCE AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF U.K LOTTERY TEAM, WE SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
YOURS SINCERELY:
DR. WILLIAMS JONES.
HEAD, ONLINE CONTACT TEAM.
U.K LOTTERY.WARNING:
1. YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED, IF UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
2. YOU ARE HIGHLY ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR PRIZE WINNING SECRET, CONFIDENTIAL AND FROM PUBLIC NOTICE, UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETELY TRANSFERRED YOUR PRIZE, TO AVOID ANY LOSS TO UNSCRUPULOUS INDIVIDUALS, AS WE DID NOT EVEN PUBLISH YOUR NAME/EMAIL ON THE WEBSITE, TO PROTECT YOU AND YOUR PRIZE MONEY.
3. YOUR PRIZE MONEY WILL BE FORFEITED IF YOU REFUSE TO CLAIM IT, ON OR BEFORE THE 15th OF NOVEMBER, 2006 SO CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT IMMEDIATELY
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