Friday, July 6, 2007

I Won The Lottery!?! But Wait.. The UK Lottery!?!

I won the lottery again in another country! At this rate I'll have won the lottery in every country in the world by the end of this month!


"Dear spammer,

When they catch you, you better pay me my winnings.

Thanks!"


The following is the Lottery spam email I recieved this morning:




UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS
28 TANFIELD ROAD, CROYDON
LONDON ENGLAND.
MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD:
REF:NUMBER:KPC/9080118308/02/TCA
BATCH:NUMBER:12/25/0034

Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw (#1028) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on (july
5th, 2007).

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:564 75600545 18 with
Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers:
31-6-26-13-35-7 (bonus no.03),which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd category i.e match 5 plusbonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
?2.500,000,00(Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds sterling) in
cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02/TCA.

This is from a total cash prize of ?95,000,000.00 (Ninty Five Million
Pound) shared amongst the first Nine (9) 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.

To begin the claim processing of your prize you are to contact the
Online Co-ordinator via e-mail and provide him with the
following informations as stated below, so we can proceed with the
verification and clearance process of your file.

1. Full Names :
2. Residential Address :
3. Phone Number :
4. Fax Number :
5. Occupation :
6. Sex :
7. Age :
8. Nationality :
9.Ref: Number:
10.Batch:Number:
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Mr.Thompson Rice
Email:releaseorderdepartment2@yahoo.co.uk
Foreign Services Manager,Trans Atlantic Company,
Release order Department,United Kingdom.
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You are adviced to forward these informations via e-mail to this office
as soon as possible to enable us attend to your
file.This e-mail is registered and sent only to a certified UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY online promo winner.

Basically,you are expected to send a copy of your International
Passport or Drivers License along with the filled form. If
you do not have an International Passport or Drivers License, you can
send your National Identity Card or any other form of Identification.

Due to possible mix-up of some numbers and e-mail contacts, we advice
that you keep this award strictly from public noticeuntil your winning
prize has been processed and your money remitted toyou in whatever manner
you deem fit.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims
or unscrupulous acts bysome participants of this program.

Accept our hearty congratulations once again!
Your Faithfully,
Management.

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