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Sample Lottery Scam Email:
VIRTUAL WORLD DIRECT LOTTO
"
YOU ARE OUR 2006 JACKPOT WINNER "

Here is a typical scam lottery winning notification. 

 Also see this page for a sample in the UK.


Below is yet another example of a fake lottery . Again, note the many, many misspellings and poor grammar. They even misspelled the names of the "eminent personalities" that are "promoting and sponsoring" the lottery.


----- Original Message -----

FROM:

VIRTUAL WORLD DIRECT LOTTO

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

REF NUMBER: OSL/653/029/06

BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06-06

DEAR WINNER,

We are pleased to inform you, THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR RECENT LotterY DRAWS HELD on the 21st OF MARCH 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky numbers 6-12-19-28-36-43 which consequently won in the 2nd category. you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 4,000,000 (EUROS) (four MILLION EUROS) note that All participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites. This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Prince ALbert of Monaco, Larry Elisson of Oracle inc and other corporate organisations. this is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.

For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.We look forward to your active participation in our next year USD50 million slot.You are requested to contact our clearance officer below to assist you with your winnings and subsequent payments. all winnings must be claimed not later than two weeks after the date of this notice.Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore,should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF

AGE.

Sincerely yours,

Emma Cooban.

(LOTTERY COORDINATOR


Names of Scam / Fake / Fraud Lottery 

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