Sunday 30 March 2008

Lottery Scam Spam

If you get an email like this, just delete it and forget it. It's a scam.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: CONVENTRY PROMOTIONS.
Date: 30 Mar 2008 08:55
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!
To: xxx

COVENTRY PROMOTIONS
National Office,
157-197 Buckingham Palace Road,
Victoria, London SW1W 9SP
Serial Number: 652-662
Batch number AT-040SB06-07.

TO WINNERS IN OUR PROGRAM

We wish to congratulate you over your selection in our computer balloting
sweepstake held for the first quarter of the year 2008.

This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses
were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet
users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for the game.

However, your email address was attached to ticket number
021-33600041;with serial number 652-662 draw the lucky numbers
83-14-11-21-69-92-57,which eventually won the lottery in the first
category of the draws.

Therefore, you have won a lottery jackpot prize awards of £2,000,000.00
(Two million pounds Sterling Only) This is from total prize money of
US$30,000,000.00 distributed to winners from 1st to 3rd categories.

Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of
philanthropist, industrialists from the internet ware industry and some other
big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.

NAME:............................................
AGE:.............................................
SEX:.............................................
ADDRESS:.........................................
EMAIL:...........................................
TEL.:............................................
OCCUPATION:.....................................
COUNTRY:.........................................

You are advised to complete the form and send back to us for prompt
collection. You are automatically disqualified if you are below 16 years
of age.This E-mail message (including attachments, if any)is intended for
the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may
contain Information that is privileged, proprietary, confidential and
exempted from disclosure.If you are not the intended recipient, you are
notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this
communication is strictly prohibited.

Congratulation once again and you are advised to send reply to your claims
agent for you to be accredited for payment:

CLAIMS AGENT: MR.ALLEN PETERS
EMAIL: coventryclaims2007@hotmail.com
Tel: +44- 704-577-8256

Sincerely,

Susan Hill.
Online co-ordinator

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