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"Universal Stake" seems to be a popular name for scammers to use. Here is a typical scam lottery winning notification. And this one is sponsored by the Sulton of Brunai and billgates (odd they can't spell or punctuate Bill's name correctly, isn't it?)
Notice the gibberish writing, excessive use of CAPITAL letters, poor punctuation and spacing, bad grammar and spelling, etc. Note the other clues to an obvious fraud that we have highlighted in the letter; keep confidential, selected by a random computer lottery of email addresses, use of free hotmail/yahoo email accounts, etc.
Also see this page for a sample in the UK.
UNIVERSAL STAKE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
LONDON.12 BRIDGE STREET,
STAINES MIDDLESEX TW18 4TP UK
REF NUMBER: OSL/653/029/03
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06-03
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
SUBJECT:FOUR MILLION POUNDS LOTTERY WINNING
We are pleased to inform you, THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR
RECENT LotteryDRAWS HELD on the 10TH OF NOV, 2006.
Your
e-mailaddress attached to ticket number 27522465896-532
with
serial number 652-662drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45
which
consequently won in the 2nd category. you have
thereforebeen approved
for a lump sum pay out of FOUR MILLION POUNDS.
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 fromall search engines and
websites.
This promotional program takes place every year, and
is
promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the
Sultan of Brunei, billgates of microsoft inc and other
corporate
organisations. This is to encourage theuse of the internet
and
computers worldwide.
For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep
your winninginformation 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 50million pounds slot.You are requested to contact
our
international payment department office below to assist
you
with your winnings and subsequent payments. all winnings
must be claimed not later than one month 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 payment department
as soon as possible.
Congratulations on your award and 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,
Dr James Brown
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)
NOTE:YOU ARE ADVICE TO CONTACT
MR JAMES BROWN (PAYMENT OFFICER)
INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT DEPARTMENT UNIVERSAL LOTTERY.
FOR MORE DIRECTIVES ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING.
EMAIL: drjamesbrownofficemail1@yahoo.co.uk
TEL:+44-7011139652
Click here for the huge list of the names of the currently identified lottery scams companies
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