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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: "internet2006lottery" <internet2006lottery@terra.com.mx>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 06:38:01 -0600
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION.
INTERNET LOTTERY E-PROMOS
CASA DE TORO
AVE. DE MONCLOA
MADRID, ESPAÑA.
(Customer Services)
Ref: 256100
Batch: 38393/05
NOTIFICATION DESK
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the selected Winners of the Yahoo/Hotmail/Terra/Excite/Fastmail Millionaire Internet Lottery E-Promos held on the 1st of July 2006 at our international complex here in the Spain.The lottery was categorized into four zonal {Africa, America,Asia and Europe} Stages.Your email address with seriel number 698-75 drew the lucky numbers 16-23-39-41.
Consequently, you won the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US $815,960.00 { Eight Hundred and Fifteen Thousand,Nine Hundred and Sixty Dollars } in cash credited to file ELEP/22-34-556. Meanwhile,to clearify your doubts on how come you were selected and frequently questions that you may likely ask(HOW DID I ENTER THIS CONTEST???HOW DID YOU GET MY EMAIL ADDRESS???HOW DID I WIN???)
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 500,000 Names from the Middle East ,Asia,Africa,Canada,Europe,USA and North America. All participants in this Yahoo/Hotmail/Terra/Excite/Fastmail Internet Lottery Programme have been selected randomly through a Computer Ballot System drawn from 200,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites containig only Yahoo/Hotmail/Terra/Excite/Fastmail email addresses. However,winners are only eligible for claims once.
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 US $815,960.00 { Eight Hundred and Fifteen Thousand,Nine Hundred and Sixty Dollars } will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.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 programme.
ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is open to all persons from age 16 years and above with a valid Yahoo 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 Yahoo Internet Lottery Promo and its respective Parents, subsidiaries and their immediate families 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 under listed 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 AGENCY:
MR. PEDRO JUAN CARLOS.
Email:pasifictrustsec@yahoo.com
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process, failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings Forfeiture. Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.
(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 advised 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 covered solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.
Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our InternetPromotions programme.
Sincerely,
Mr.Carl Antonio Martinez.(DIRECTOR)
INTERNET LOTTERY PROMOTION DEPT.
Copyright © 1994-2006 The yahoo/Hotmail/Terra/Excite/Fastmail Lottery Inc.All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline
77635 476378 255667460
NB: PLEASE SEE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR REF AND BATCH NUMBERS IN YOUR
CORRESPONDENCE TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.
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The Internet Lottery Promos Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies. The Internet Lottery is drawn in each quarter of the year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that up to Three Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 Countries worldwide.
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