Below is another example of a fake lottery. Again, poor
spelling, grammar, punctuation and sentence structure gives him away, as well as
the preposterous idea of randomly giving away millions of dollars based on email
addresses. You'd have to be JUST PLAIN STUPID to believe this happens!
THE AFRO EUROPE LOTTERY
Noordeinde The Netherlands (Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68 Batch: 074/05/ZY369
AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE
Dear Lucky Winner,
We happily announce to you the draw (#994) of the AFRO EUROPE LOTTERY,
online sweepstakes International program held on the1st january, 2007. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number
drew the lucky numbers: 07-11-12-20-38-44-45(bonus no.05), 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 {£4,250,000.00
{four million, two hundred fifty thousand Great Britain pounds Sterlings} in
cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of
£425,000,000.00 {four hundred and twenty-five million Great Britain pounds
sterlings} was approved for the(10)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 £4,250,000.00 {four
million, two hundred fifty thousand Great Britain pounds Sterlings} will be
released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. 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.
FOR PAYMENT OF CLAIMS, please provide us with the following information:
CLAIMS VERIFICATION DATA FORM (HTML FORM)
YOUR FULL NAME: ....................................................
YOUR
SEX:..................................................................
YOUR ADDRESS:.......................................................
YOUR COUNTRY:.........................................................
YOUR
FAX:.....................................................................
YOUR PHONE NUMBER:...................................... .......
YOUR OCCUPATION:....................................................
YOUR COMPANY'S NAME:...........................................
YOUR
AGE:......................................................................
YOUR REF NUMBER:....................................................
PREFERED METHOD OF RECEIVING WINNINGS (CHEQUE OR BANK
TRANSFER):.................................
you should send the information to our Fiduciary Agent: Mr. Richard
Summers WORLD LINK CONTRACTING Email: barickcambers@yahoo.co.uk
CONGRATULATIONS from me and members of staff of the AFRO EUROPE LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Richard Martins
Online coordinator for: Afro Europe Lottery. Sweepstakes International
Program