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On this one, they say Microsoft has a ballot system which picks the prize winner from 50.000 e-mail addresses.

I wonder if Microsoft knows about this software?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: EURO MILLION  LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS 2008 <hernandez55@rediff.com>
Date: 2008/10/4
Subject: EURO MILLION  LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS 2008
To: undisclosed-recipients

NATIONAL EURO MILLION LOTTERY BOARDFINANZAUTO 25 AVD. DE RADU
C.P.28500  MADRID SPAIN .
FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you today, the results of  NATIONAL EURO MILLION  LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS, held on  25th of  SEPTEBER  2008 as part of our yearly bonanza and results official announced on  4th of  OCTOBER  2008. Your  email is attached to

Ticket no: 01-5933
Batch no: 83905-0
Ref no: 157-06060316-040
Winning no: 03, 17, 23, 27, 42, 48
Which consequently won the lottery on the  1st  category.
CONGRATULATION!!!

Your winning amount is four hundred and fifty  thousand, two hundred and eight one euros  and forty nine cents  (Ђ450,281.49) in cash, to be paid through one of the following payment options,
(A) CHEQUE       (B) CASH PICK UP       (C) BANK TRANSFER.

This promotional program is a conjoined effort of the Euromillones lottery, and the United nation  under the auspices of the La Primitiva  Lottery  International  Promotions.

Your winning amount is insured for security reasons and will be released for payment by THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD after datas clearification and verification.

The La Primitiva Lottery Program internet draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.

All winning addresses were randomly selected from the worldwide website through the Microsoft computer ballot System with a batch of  50.000 international email addresses ,  FROM CITIZENS OF USA , CANADA , AUSTRALIA , ASIA ,MIDDLE  EAST AND EUROPE .

Due to mixed up of names, we urge you to keep this award CONFIDENTIAL until your claim has been processed and your cash remitted to your desired OPTION OF PAYMENT as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by non participants taking advantage of this programme.

For claims processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice, kindly contact your apointed paying  BANK  AGENT  INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION:

DON. LUIS HERNANDEZ
FOREIGN OPERATION DEPARTMENT
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
LA CAIXA SECURITY & FINANCE S.L
Tel:+34 911 015 616
fax: +34 917 905 006
Private Line: 691 070 502
Email: securityfinance55@gmail.com

You must contact the appointed paying BANK  AGENT  with your Full Names,Contact Full Telephone Number  via email to process the immediate payment of your prize.

Remember that all prize money must be claimed not later than 17th of  OCTOBER  2008, after this date all unclaimed winning amount will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE HACIENDA as unclaimed.
Note: If there be any change on your address do inform your Agent as soon as possible.
YOUR AGENT WILL BE PAID 6% OF THE AWARD PRIZE AS COMMISSION AFTER YOU RECEIVED YOUR WINNING AMOUNT. .

Congratulation once again from all staff and board members

Dr GERRI GOMEZ
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR

Tags: Award Notification, Ballot System, Clearification, Congratulation, E Mail Addresses, Electronic Mail, Euro Million Lottery, Euro Millions, Euromillones Lottery, International Lottery, La Primitiva Lottery, La Primitiva Lottery International, La Primitiva Lottery International Promotions, La Primitiva Lottery Program, Lottery Board, Madrid Spain, Program Internet, Rediff, Septeber, Undisclosed Recipients

The main thing with these fraudulent e-mails is the fact that you need
a well known lottery company or an business giant such as Microsoft
or, as in this case, Shell Petroleum.

The money has to come from somewhere, doesn’t it?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: DAVID BRIMLEY
Date: Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 5:10 PM
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOU HAVE WON SHELL LOTTERY PRICE
To:

Shell Petroleum Development Company
Shell Industrial Area,
London,UK.
Tel: +447031871997
BATCH REF: JUNE/008/YY

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five Million
United States Dollars (US$5,000,000.00) for the 2008 International
E-mail Draw which is Organized by Shell Petroleum Development Company
(SPDC).

SPDC collects all the email addresses of the people that are active
online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Aol, Walla,
Gmail, Russian Mail and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers.
Six people are selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you
are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center.
Shell Award must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw
Notification. Any Prize not claimed within this period will be
forfeited.

Stated below is your identification number:

REFERENCE NUMBER: SPDC-081511

This numbers fall within the United Kingdom Location file, you are
requested to contact our fiduciary agent here in london,UK [Mr David
Brimley] with the details below and send your winning identification
numbers to me;

Payment Bank Name:Access Bank Plc

My Telephone: +447031871997
I shall immediately commence the process that will facilitate the
release of your fund to you to your account with your full details.

Congratulations!! once again.

Yours Shell Payment Division officer(Agent).

David Brimley
david_brimley2@myway.com

Tags: Access Bank Plc, Aol, Congratulation, David Brimley, E Mail Providers, Fiduciary Agent, London Uk, Lottery Company, Lottery Prizes, Mail Draw, Myway, Petroleum Development, Prize Money, Reference Number, Russian Mail, Settlement Center, Shell Petroleum Development Company, Spdc, Uk Tel, United States Dollars

This one is short and to the point. Could it be more successful than the long messages?

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From: YAHOO AWARDS & HOTMAIL/WINDOWS LIVE <yahooawards@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 4:40 AM
Subject: CONGRATULATION.(dr_uvukcoordinator03@live.com)
To:

DEAR WINNER,This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Two
Hundredand Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds(GBP 250,000)for 2008 Prize
promotionwhich is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & HOTMAIL/WINDOWS LIVE.You are
requested to contact our co-ordinator with the following
informations;Fullname.Country.Address,mobile Number,Occupation,Sex,Name:
Mr.Druv Matindale Tel+44-703-198-0757 E-Mail:(dr_uvukcoordinator03@live.com)

Tags: DruvMartindale, Lottery Scam

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The last message of this kind offered a Cash Card with 850 thousand US Dollars on it. Sure it sounds good, but it’s not very logical, is it?

Looking through the message, it has all of the Hallmarks of typical 419 scam e-mails:

1. It uses only Freemail accounts
2. The sender is a “Reverend”. That’s a title only used for representatives of protestant churches. It’s highly unlikely they would be working for a bank as well.
3. The “Central Bank of Nigeria” is quoted as being the remitter bank.
4. They quote I will be getting an inheritance.
5. And of course, I will be getting millions of US Dollars with no strings attached.

That’s enough to mark it as suspect, I would say.

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From: officebox01 Gazeta.pl <officebox01@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, May 24, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Subject: From CBN Releasing Of Your Fund To You Via ATM CARD PAYMENT.
To:

From Desk Of Rev.Johnson Uzoma
Dept. International Remittance
Swift Card Payment Center
Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN).

Dear Beneficiary.

This is to notify you that your over due inheritance funds of US$7.5m has been programmed to be paid to you through ATM Swift Card Payment.

Therefore,you should get back to this office with your home or office address and your Phone Number where your SWIFT ATM Card will be dispatched to.

As soon as I receive your information required I will process your payment legally and will issue your ATM SWFIT CARD which your total funds US$7.5M will be loaded on your ATM Card and I will dispatch it to your domain without any further delay.

Finally,as soon as i finish the processing of your ATM PAYMENT CARD i will scan it and forward to you via email attachment while the Original Copy will be dispatched to you through courier service.

Look forward to hear from you soonest and get back to me via email:(officeroom001@yahoo.es)

Congratulation?s.

Yours Sincerely,

Rev.Johnson Uzoma
Director (CBN, IRD, and ATM)
Dept. International Remittance
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Tags: 419scam, Central Bank of Nigeria, Rev.Johnson Uzoma

Tags: 419 scam, 5m, Atm Card, Bank Of Nigeria, Beneficiary, Central Bank Of Nigeria, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn, Congratulation, Courier Service, Freemail Accounts, Gazeta Pl, Hallmarks, Inheritance, International Remittance, Ird, May 24, Office Address, Protestant Churches, Remitter, Reverend

It really looks as though Google is getting better at recognising these e-mails as fraudulent. I hope they get better at it, because it will save a lot of heartbreak if they do.

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From: UK NATIONAL FREE LOTTERY &amp;lt;garrisonwaterside@eircom.net&amp;gt;
Date: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:39 PM
Subject: FROM: THE PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR
To:

UK NATIONAL FREE LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010 LIVERPOOL
L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
FROM: THE PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT.
RE: AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:

CONGRATULATIONS:
congratulation you have been confirmed the winner of the national free lottery promotion,which was held on the 26th of april 2008.you are the winner of the sum of 1,000,000,00 pounds stearlings.your winnings has been transfered to the ECARGO COURIER COMPANY,you are here by adivice to contact them at:
NAME:Matthew Moore
EMAIL:ecargocouriers2@yahoo.no
TEL:+447031965878(8am-6pmGMT Mon-Fri)

with the Following
NAME:
ADDRESS:
AMOUNT WON:
EMAIL:
COUNTRY:
PHONE NUMBER
AGE:
OCCUPATION:

Congratulations in advance.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. SMITH MORRIS.
EmailCopyright © 2008

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