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The day is not perfect until you have received your regular Microsoft Lottery Prize.

Even if it’s the short form  from South Africa.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Microsoft Online Lottery Game <lottonotification@mtnloaded.co.za>
Date: Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 1:33 PM

Subject: YOUR EMAIL ID HAVE WON YOU MICROSOFT ONLINE LOTTERY
-YOU HAVE TO CALL YOUR PAYMENT AGENT DIRECT….
To: undisclosed-recipients

Attention,

Your e-mail id was celected through the computer ballot system a winner of our microsoft online lottery program.

You have to contact your claim agent for your payment.

Cliam Agent: Mr. James Zulu
Email: jameszulu@msn.com
Tel/fax : +27 78 555 7877

Forward to him your claim details below;

Ref No.micro234kj20080808
Batch number: msn222
Lucky No: 1 8 13 22 27 38 41
Security code: 676
Amount Won: £1 000 000 00 (one million british pounds)

You have to contact him not later than 3 working days.

One more time congratulations.

Regards,
Dr.Smith Rueben.

Tags: Dr.SmithRueben, Lottery Scam, Microsoft

Obviously this cooperation works better for the crooks, than it does
for Microsoft and Yahoo.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: YAHOO AWARD GRANTS 2008
Date: Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 9:40 AM
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNER OF YAHOO AWARD GRANTS JULY 2008
To:

Yahoo & Window Live Awards Centre
124 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB -
United Kingdom
Tel:+447031925532.

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Three
million,Two Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds (GBP 3,200,000.00)
for the month of July, 2008 Prize promotion which is organized by
YAHOO A WARDS & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that are active
online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and
few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to
benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners
which your e-mail address won the Jackpot Prize while other five
winners won One Million Great Britain Pounds(GBP 1,000,000.00) each.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE / CLAIMS

Winners shall be paid in accordance with their Settlement Centers.
Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed not later than 10 days from date of
Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be
forfeited and returned to its source as unclaimed.

Stated below are your identification numbers:

BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522
PIN: 1207

You are requested to contact our Assistant co-ordinator in Manchester
and send your winning identification numbers to him:

Co-ordinator’s Name: Rev Fr. Niculai Anton
E-Mail:awardcenter10@luckymail.com / awcenter_uk101@live.com
Tel:+447031925532

You are advised to send the following information to our co-ordinator
to facilitate the release of of your fund to you.

1. Full name……………………………………….
2. Country………………………………………….
3. Contact Address…………………………..
4. Telephone Number……………………….
5. fax Number……………………………………
5. Marital Status……………………………….
6. Occupation……………………………………
7. Sex…………………………………………………
8. Date of Birth/Age ………………………….
9. Identity card(carte identite)………….

Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,

Mrs. Grace Sanders(Awards coordinator)
WARNING!

You must keep strict confidentiality of your Prize Award claims to
yourself until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid
disqualification that may arise from double claims.

Yahoo Awards Team shall not be held liable for any loss of funds
arising from the above mentioned.

huh? Did I miss out on something?

Seeing this is a reminder, I wonder how many people actually respond to this e-mail. I should imagine that some people would actually believe they failed to get previous messages.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Arie <as424055@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Subject: Appropriate Mail2
To:

Good day,

I may have to trouble your sense of personal achievement and reward for an opportunity properly taken advantage of.I wish to notify you again
that you were listed as a beneficiary to the total sum of US$21, 000, 000.00 (Twenty One Million United States Dollars Only) in the intent of the deceased
(name now withheld since this is our second letter to you).

We contacted you because we trust you and therefore we can present you as the beneficiary to this inheritance funds since there is no written
will from our late client.

Our legal services aim to provide you with a complete service as we are prepared to provide you with all the documents required by
the holding security company to enable them release this inheritance funds to you as the Next of Kin.

All the papers work required will be processed in your acceptance of this deal as we are prepared to offer you 40%, 50% for us,
while 10% should be given to any Orphanage home in your  country.

We request that you kindly forward to us your letter of acceptance.

Your prompt response is highly imperative.

Yours sincerely,

Arie Sonius

Tags: 419scam, Arie Sonius

Here’s another “Businessman in Paraguay” e-mail.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: williams benson &lt;williams_benson@klikni.cz&gt;
Date: Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY IN BENIN FOR YOUR COMPENSATION
To:

Attn, My Dear Friend.
I’m happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay. Presently I am in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn’t forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary, his name is FRANK DEVID on ( frank_david93@yahoo.fr) ask him to send you the total $1.5MUSD one Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ONLY which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary andinstruct him where to send the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffer ness at that time. in the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mr.FRANK DEVID he will send the amount to you without any delay.
FULLNAME:……………………………….
CURRENT MAILING ADDRESS:…………………..
HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER:……………………
OFFICE NUMBER:……………………………
OCCUPAION…………………………………
COUNTRY……………………………………
SEX………………………………………
AGE………………………………………
With best regards.
Dr WILLIAMS BENSON

Technorati-Tags: 419 Scam, Advance Fee Fraud, Williams Benson

I know there are a lot of honorable people in Nigeria, but this fellow is certainly not one of them.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mr Gani Bello <dele@robert.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Subject: YOUR BANK DRAFT IS READY FOR DELIVERY
To:

Compliment,

How are you doing. Hope you have not forgotten me, I am Mr.Gani Bello, the
man from Nigeria who contacted you some time ago to assist me secure the
release of some money accrued from the over invoicing of a
contract/inheritance that was awarded by my government some time ago
during the military regime.

Though you were not able to assist me conclude the transaction, I’m happy
to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under
the assistance and co-operation of a new partner from
America.Presently I’m in South Korea for investment projects with my own
share of the total sum.

Meanwhile, i didn’t forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
the transferring of those funds, I made sure you are not left out,the
benefit of the transaction hence I kept aside for you sum of One
million United State Dollar($1,000,000.00)DRAFT.

I and my new partner agreed to compensate you with that amount for all
your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this transaction.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much,so feel free and get in
touch with my secretary Mr.Dele Robert and instruct him on how to send the
Bank draft to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive the Draft so that we can
share the joy together after all the sufferness at that time.

In the moment, I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which
me and my partner are having at hand, finally,remember that i had left
instruction to my secretary so as soon as you contact him, he will send
the Draft to you,so feel free to get in touch with MY SECETARY.

Here is the contact of my secetary:

Mr.Dele Robert
Phone: +234-80-895-47932
E-mail:mr.delerobert@live.com
With best regards,
Mr.Gani Bello

It sems to me that these people are still very much on a successful money milk machine. I am not sure how many UK lottery Mails I have received, but it surely in the hundreds by now.

With this message the crooks are giving the impression that this lottery is sponsored by Barclay’s Bank.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP <bpop@bpop.org>
Date: Jan 19, 2008 2:34 PM
Subject: Final Notification of your fund £1,700,000.00
To: undisclosed-recipients

BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP ONLINE PROMO
28 TAN FIELD ROAD,
CROYDON, LONDON UK

Reference Number: 5647600545188PRE
Batch Number: BPP-P/556543450906

Attention: Lucky Winner,

We are happy to announce that you are one of our Lucky Four (4) Star Prize Winner in this month edition of the Barclays Premiership International Online Promotion held today Saturday 19th of January 2008 in England.

However you have won yourself a cash amount of One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds (£1,700,000.00 GBP). To claim your prize, it Is important that you acknowledge your receipt of this correspondence by Contacting the claims processing officer. Reply this email with your reference number and batch number.

Claims Processing Officer.
Name: Mr.Terry Greenfield
Email:fundprocessing@mail.az
Call: +44-7011141170

Be advised that due to incessant mix up in cash prize transfer to previous Winners, we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your fund transferred to your nominated bank account… Quote Your Reference Number and Batch Number when you are responding back to this email. Congratulations once more from all our Staffs.

Best Regards,

Stella Loius
Co-coordinator Agent

Here’s the first Lottery Scam e-mail for 2008!

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: GOOGLE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL <claimsdepartment01@live.com>
Date: Jan 2, 2008 10:06 AM
Subject: PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD
To:

GOOGLE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD
(WE ENCOURAGE GLOBALIZATION)
FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
GOOGLE B.V. 44 9459 PE.
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY “A” DRAWS

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First Category draws of E-MAIL LOTTERY organised by GOOGLE INTERNATIONAL. We are happy to inform you that your email address have emerged a winner of One Million (1,000,000.00) Euros, which is the  winning payout for Category A winners. This is from the total prize money of Two Million (2,000,000.00) Euro shared among the 2 winners in this category. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program. CONGRATULATIONS!
In your best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to you. NOTE: To file for your claim, please contact the claim department below on email and provide him with the below details for verification.

Full Names:
Contact Address:
Country:
Ocupation:
Telephone Number:
Sex:
Date Of Birth:
***************
CONTACT PERSON:
MR. DEMIS RITAKIS
EMAIL: claimsdepartment01@live.com
*******************************
Find below your promotion date, Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims agent.
PROMOTION DATE 29TH OF DECEMBER 2007. REFERENCE NUMBER:
GLLINT/07/04/768970118. BATCH NUMBER: 78/09/230.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely Yours,
Mrs Joyce Gram.
THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR

Just to remind you: Microsoft does not run any kind of Lottery at all

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mr. kelvin Richardson <kelvin_richardson08@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Dec 22, 2007 9:26 PM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS
To:

Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10,United Kingdom.
Ref: BTD/968/06
Batch: 409978E

Dear Lucky winner,

WINNING NOTIFICATION

The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfully organised a Sweepstakes marking the end of year anniversary we rolled out over 100,000.000.00 (One Hundred Million Great Britain Pounds) for our end of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.

The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalised email addresses to ticket numbers.Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you 1,900,000.00 (One Million Nine Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) as one of the jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of 1,900,000.00 (One Million Nine Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds). The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 5th of November 2007. These Draws are commemorative and as such special. 

Please be informed by this winning notification,to file your claims,you are to make contact with your designated agent who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your prize.

To file for your claim Please Contact your fiduciary agent :

Mr.Kelvin Richardson
Microsoft Promotion Award Team
Head Winning Claims Dept.
Email:fiduagent_micro@yahoo.se

Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates.We wish you the best of luck.Thank you for being part of our promotional award program and commemorative Anniversary Draws.

Sincerely,
Dr.Henry williams
Head Customercare Service
Microsoft Promotion Team

NB:Any claim not made before seven (7) working days from date of notification indicate that the winner has voluntarily forfeited his/her winnings

This character assumes we have been in contact with each other. I don’t know if that will work very well if his name is not recognized.

What makes this message a joke is that he’s saying I will get 1 million US Dollars from him, just because I allegedly helped him in the past.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Gani <gbellong@in.com>
Date: 12.12.2007 11:59
Subject: YOUR BANK DRAFT IS READY
To: undisclosed-recipients

Compliment,

How are you doing. Hope you have not forgotten me, I am Mr.Gani Bello,  the man from  Nigeria who contacted you some time ago to assist me secure the release of some money accrued from the over invoicing of a contract/inheritance that was awarded by my government some time ago during the military regime.

Though you were not able to assist me conclude the transaction, I’m happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the assistance and co-operation of a new partner from America.Presently I’m in South Korea for investment projects with my  own share of the total sum.

Meanwhile, i didn’t forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in the transferring of those funds, I made sure you are not left out,the benefit of the transaction hence I kept aside for you sum of One million United State Dollar($1,000,000.00)DRAFT.

I and my new partner agreed to compensate you with that amount for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this transaction.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much,so feel free and get in touch with my secretary Mr.Dele Robert and instruct him on how to send the Bank draft to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive the Draft so that we can share the joy together after all the sufferness at that time.

In the moment, I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which me and my partner are having at hand, finally,remember that i had left instruction to my secretary so as soon as you contact him, he will send the Draft to you,so feel free to get in touch with MY SECETARY.

Here is the contact of my secetary:

Mr.Dele Robert
Phone: +234-80-895-47932
E-mail:mr.delerobert@gmail.com
With best regards,
Mr.Gani Bello