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Below is another example of a fake lottery; this one from the "British Internatonal E-Lottery Promotion Sweepstakes". They can't even spell "International" correctly... Note the usual clues to an obvious fraud that we have highlighted in the letter; keep confidential, selected by a random computer lottery, use of free hotmail/yahoo email accounts, etc. Isn't odd that the "British Int'l E-Lottery" uses a free Yahoo email address in Hong Kong? The Chinese government might find that odd, too (not that China, home of most copyright infringement and fraud in the world, cares!)
It is a typical scam sweepstakes winning notification. Also see these pages:
>BRITISH INT'L E-LOTTERY PROMOTION
The Free Lottery Sweepstakes,
P O Box 74 Southwark,
London, SE1 0EH
UNITED KINGDOM
Ref No: BOL-C/ 18-F0672312
Batch No:801/00515/HOP
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-006
Grand Draw No: 15021
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you that your email address was selected among the
four lucky winners of the promotional British
Internatonal E-Lottery
Promotion Sweepstakes held recently as part of our EXPERIMENTAL BONANZA. Winners
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn randomly from a pool of
over100,000 names of e-mail addresses from world wide web in all over
Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and
North & South America.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £125,000 (One
hundred and twenty five thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file BOL/9023110508/02.
This is from a total cash prize of £500,000,00 shared amongst the four (4) lucky
winners in this category.
We in the British E-Lottery Free Sweepstakes is by this program, launching our
model computer balloting lottery draws, developed and designed to satisfy the
cravings of the ever-growing number of participants in our various lottery
programs.
This is part of our International Promotions Program, which was conducted in
view of launching ourselves into the Sweepstakes Industry Worldwide and zoning
all lucky winners by theirrespective continents from across the globe, we
produced an extensive list from which you have emerged as one of the winners of
the Grand Draw.
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 your claim, you are advised to Quote your Ref and Batch Number stated
in your notification letter and send it to our Fiduciary Agent (Mrs. Sarah
Williams) who is to guide and facilitate the release of your funds.
Email:
b_sarahwilliams@yahoo.com.hk
The British E- Lottery Sweepstake International
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the BRITISH INT'L E-
LOTTERY PROMOTION
Yours faithfully,
Michael Mashburn
Online Cordinator
British Int'l E-Lottery Promotion
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