Sunsweetwin Promo Lottery - Email Lottery Scam Example
The Sunsweetwin
Promo Lottery scam email shown below claims that the recipient has won money in an international lottery. The email is an attempt to initiate a dialogue with potential victims and subsequently trick them into sending money to the scammers responsible. There is no "Sunsweetwin
Promo Lottery" and no prize money.
Promo Lottery scam
(Received from scammers, May 2004)
ATTENTION: Kimberly,
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today, 30th April, 2004 of winners of the SUNSWEETWIN
PROMO LOTTERY,THE NETHERLANDS/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS
held on 16th April, 2004.
Your email address andy your last name is attached to ticket
number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11 drew the
lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently won the lottery
in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of US$1,500.000.00 in cash credited to file REF
NO. SSW/25041238013/04. This is from total prize money
of US$22,500,000.00 shared among the seventeen
international winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from a collation of frequent internet
users from all over the wolld from Australia, New
Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as
part of International Promotions
Program, which is conducted bia-annually.
.CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a Security company
insured in your name. Due to the mix up of
some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your
account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants
of this program. We hope with a part of you prize, you
will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3
billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim
agent; Mrs. Tracy Fantun, FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
RAYMOND CROSSROAD, AMSTERDAM, via this email address
{anky_2@fastermail.com or on this address to be forwarded to
her.} For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated account of your choice.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later
than 28th May, 2004. After this date, all funds will
be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your
reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank
you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
MRS. FANTUN TRACY
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, SUNSWEETWIN PROMO LOTTERY,THE
NETHERLANDS.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of
any of our winners will result to disqualification.
SORRY FOR THE LATE INFORMATION THANKS
MRS. TRACY FANTUN
PROMOTION MANAGER
SUNSWEETWIN PROMO LOTTERY COMPANY
AMSTERDAM,NEDERLANDS
