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Fraud email example:
From: josephtylor@tiscali.it
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:07:42 +0200
Subject: LUCKY WINNER.
GREENER PASTURE LOTTERY,
42 ELLAND ROAD,
LONDON. SE4 2JB
ENGLAND.
info@greenerpasturelottery.com
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: GPL/2551256003/71 BATCH: 14/0017/SPM/IPD
RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION.
FINAL NOTICE
The Aga Khan Foundation focuses on health, education, culture, rural development,
institution-building and the promotion of economic development. It is dedicated
to improving living conditions and opportunities for the poor, without regard
to their faith, origin or gender.
Many small charity organizations today are struggling to collect money for
their worthy causes. Small organizations are very interesting to support
because they pass on a very large portion of the money they receive.
The foundation together with the Software AG, a computer software manufacturing
company whose products are top of the range softwares developed for the
use of computers and the internet. In the spirit of the Olympics as a veritable
vehicle to promote world peace and to promote awareness of their ideas and
services, came together to set up the GREENER PASTURE LOTTERY to give out
prizes based on the computer ballot system. The motive is to get a wide
ranging awareness campaign to a wider spectrum of people in order to promote
their laudable ideas and services on the internet being the highest level
for advertisement. To propagate awareness for the use of the internet as
a means of problem solving.
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of the draws made on the
30TH August 2004, of winners of this promotional lottery draw for this year.
That your email address attached to ticket number 025-1146-1992-750, with
serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43, and consequently
won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for
a lump sum pay out of US$510,000.00 (Five Hundred and Ten Thousand Dollars
only) credited to file REF NO: GPL/2551256003/71. This is from total prize
money of US$10,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners
in this category.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and
North America as part of our International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually. All participants in this Lottery Program have been selected
randomly through a computer Ballot System drawn from over 200,000 Companies
and 30,000,000 individual email address from all search engines and web
sites. This promotional program takes place every year.
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.
ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is open
to all persons from age 18 years and above with a valid email address and
who live in any of the aforementioned countries.This promotion is void in
all other countries and is also Void where prohibited.
Principals and employees of the foundation, the Software AG and the Greener
Pasture Lottery and its respective parents, subsidiaries and their immediate
family members are not eligible.
CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the processing
of claims application. It is even more imperative for overseas winners.
To begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a matter of urgency,
to contact the underlisted licensed and accredited claims agent for the
processing of your prize awards winning.
Please contact the clearing house (through your claims agent only) the body
assigned with the verification of all emergent winner. Therefore all protocols
laid down by them must be followed to facilitate your claims;
CONTACT: STEVE MASON,
CUSTOMER SUPPORT UNIT - CSU,
GLOBAL PACIFIC SECURITY AND VAULT SERVICES (GPSVS), LONDON.
FAX: +44 8708310199
EMAIL:customercare@gpsvs.com
Also find all other relevant winning lottery Information below:
Ref No: GPL/2551256003/72
Batch No: 14/0017/SPM/IPD
Zonal Draw No: GSLA2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
(a) Note that you must contact your claims agent not later than 30TH SEPTEMBER
2004. As there exist a periodic condition to your claims processing, failing
which would lead to disqualification and winnings forfeiture.
(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and unconditional
agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions of claims to avoid
any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize awards winning.
(c) To avoid double claims, you are adviced to keep your winning details
very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this
confidentiality on the part of the winners will be bourne solely by such
winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.
(d) By this lottery prize awards winning, you acknowledge your acceptance
to be added to our lottery master player database.
(e) By this prize winning, you agree to receive periodic mailings which
will include, but are not limited to; Newsletters, Invitations to Play,
Announcements, Adverts and Offers we feel would be of interest to our master
players, from all the sponsoring entities.
(f) By this winning, you understand that you reserve the discretion to be
removed from any such mailing list which automatically disqualifies you
from this and subsequent lottery entries. Removal instructions are on every
mails.
(f) We hereby do solemnly pledge to maintain the privacy of our master players/lucky
winners database and shall not make available for sale, rent, lease or the
illegal use of information about our players/winners.
(g) In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember
to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with your agent.
(i) Should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent
as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of
our Promotions program.
Sincerely,
Emilia Cunningham.
Marketing And Promotions Co-ordinator.
winningteam@greenerpasturelottery.org
NB:ALWAYS QUOTE THE REF/BATCH NUMBERS IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE.
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