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An Email with the Subject "YOUR EMAIL ID HAVE WON YOU A PRIZE!!!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:16:25 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as BRITISH ONLINE LOTTERY <britishonlinelottery@lottery.net>.
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BRITISH ONLINE
British Online Lottery
P. O. Box 4279
Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: BOL/101OXI/02
Batch: 16/211/0374
26th January, 2008.
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the British online Sweepstakes
International program held on 26th January, 2008 which was co-hosted by major
domain providers like YAHOO ,HOTMAIL, and other well known domain providers,
thereby giving every email user the legibility
and opportunity to be randomly selected for the prize.This means your email
address registered you for the game.Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
((13)-(43)-(06)-(15)-(02)-(40)bonus # (09),which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of £250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand
pounds sterling) in cash credited to file BOL/9023118308/03 This is from a
total cash prize of £5,000,000 shared amongst the first Twenty (20) lucky
winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus. All participants for the
online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations,
and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place
weekly. 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 £250,000 (Two
hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) would be released to you by any
of our affiliated securities/couriers companies. Our European agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money
remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is
part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program. Please be warned. To begin the claiming process of
your prize you are to contact our accredited claims officer with the
information you shall find below
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Mr. WIlliams Ford
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs , PE9 2YP , London
United Kingdom
E-mail: agent_ford6@yahoo.com.hk
Phone: +44 704 571 5859
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Provide him with these following details with which he will begin the
processing of your winnings.
1.Name in full.
2.Address.
3.Nationality.
4.Age.
5.Occupation.
6.Phone/Fax.
7.Present Country.
8.Fax [optional].
9.Email address.
10.Sex.
11.Monthy Income.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs Steffan .K. Lloyds.
Online coordinator for British ONLINE
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
Sweepstakes International Program.
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Fidelity Communications Webmail - http://webmail.fidnet.com