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Fraud email example:
From: terryshibongo@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:31:46 +0200
Subject: CONTACT ME
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
ATTENTION:
(REFERENCE NUMBER: LMT-424ZA13-05 BATCH
NUMBER:1823LT-ZA5)
EMAIL: terryshibongo01@sify.com
THIRD CATEGORY WINNER
After a successful completion of the third category
draws of the
LITHULI MEMORIAL SWEEPSTAKES SPECIAL, held on 26TH NOV.
2005, we are
pleased to inform you of the official announcement
today that you have
emerged one of the winners of the UTHINGO CHAMPION
SWEEPSTAKES SPECIAL
PROGRAMS, which is part of our promotional draws.
Participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names/email
addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,
America, Asia,
Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New
Zealand as part of our
International Promotions Program.
You/Your company, attached to ticket number
777-78-1105, with serial
number 234-90 drew the lucky numbers 8, 12, 31, 52,
38, 40, (9), and
consequently won in the Third Category. You have
therefore been awarded
a lump sum pay out of US$2.8,000,000.00 in cash, which
is the winning
payout for third category winners. This is from the
total prize money of US$112,010,000.00 from which
Fourteen international winners in the Third category
will be shared.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with COLIBRI SECURITY
SERVICES, insured in
your name. To avoid mix up of numbers and names of any
kind, we request
that you keep this award strictly from public notice
until the entire
process of transferring your claims has been
completed, and your
certified banker's Cheque sent to you. This is part of
our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts
by participants
of this program. We also wish to bring to your notice
our end of year
(2005) high stakes where you stand a chance of winning
up to US$1.1
billion; we hope that with a part of your prize you
will participate.
Please contact your claims agent immediately, to begin
your claims
process;
MR. TERY SHIBONGO.
SENIOR CLAIMS EXECUTIVE,
COLIBRI SECURITIES LTD.
EMAIL: terryshibongo01@sify.com
for due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, you must contact
your claims agent
within a week of receiving this mail.
NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please remember to
quote your reference and batch numbers provided below
in every one of
your correspondence with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: LMT-424ZA13-05
BATCH NUMBER: 1823LT-ZA5
Congratulations once again from all our staff and
thank you for being
part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
BRENDAN SITHIWE
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
UTHINGO SWEEPSTAKES SPECIAL.
241 WILLIAM NICOL ROAD,
BRYANSTON, JOHANNESBURG.
2562 SOUTH AFRICA.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will
result to disqualification. Rather, contact your
claims agent whose credentials are listed above. All
staff of Lithuli Memorial Trust, Colibri Securities
Ltd and members of their family as well as South
Africans of all ages are barred from this lottery
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