An Email with the Subject "RE: CONGRATULATIONS:YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS EMERGED AS A WINNER IN THIS LOTTERY PROMOTE" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:46:57 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as UK LOTTERY BOARD <>.
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DEAR WINNER, REF: UK/9420X2/68 BATCH: 074/05/ZY369 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY IS PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU EMERGED A WINNER OF �1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION POUNDS STERLING) IN THE JUST CONCLUDED NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE DRAWS HELD ON 10TH-APRIL-2008. HOWEVER, NO TICKETS WERE SOLD BUT ALL EMAIL ADDRESSES WERE ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT TICKET NUMBERS FOR REPRESENTATION AND PRIVACY. AFTER THIS AUTOMATED COMPUTER BALLOT, YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS EMERGED AS ONE OF TEN WINNERS IN THE FIRST CATEGORY FOR THE THIRD PRIZE. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED ALONG WITH OTHERS FROM OVER 125,000 WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET OF WHICH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS ATTACHED TO A TICKET NUMBER, AND IT WAS SELECTED ALONG WITH OTHERS AS WINNERS. YOUR REF NUMBER: UK/9420X2/68 ATTACHED TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, WITH SERIAL NUMBER 5073-12 DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 05-11-12-16-17-45-42(BONUS NO.42), THIS LUCKY NUMBER SUBSEQUENTLY WON YOU THE LOTTERY IN THE 2ND CATEGORY. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR A LUMP SUM PAY OUT OF �1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION POUNDS STERLING), AS (10) LUCKY WINNERS IN THIS CATEGORY. I HAVE FINALLY VERIFIED YOUR WINNINGS AND IT'S EXACTLY WITH WHAT IS PRESENT ON OUR DATABASE. YOUR PARTICULARS HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED FOR RECORD PURPOSES. YOUR PRIZE AWARD HAS BEEN INSURED WITH YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS AND WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO YOU UPON MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS, STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS, VERIFICATIONS, VALIDATIONS AND SATISFACTORY REPORT. PLEASE FILL IN THE VERIFICATION FORM PROVIDED BELOW. VERIFICATION FORM 1. FULL NAME 2. FULL ADDRESS 3. MARITAL STATUS 4. OCCUPATION 5. AGE 6. SEX 7. NATIONALITY 8. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE 9. TELEPHONE NUMBER 10. FAX NUMBER 12. REFERENCE NUMBER 13. SERIAL NUMBER YOU ARE TO IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE LOTTERY FIDUCIARY AGENT WITH THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS FOR NEXT PROCEDURE. MR. GOMEZ CLARK EMAIL ADDRESS: cyberclaimagent@jmail.co.za CONGRATULATIONS! THE NATIONAL LOTTERY