Friday, July 06, 2007

Fake Lottery Scam - Vodafone

This is another fake lottery scam I received the other day. If you ever received one and do not know whether it is a scam or not please let www.scamomatic.com checks the email for you. Do not ever fall for this lottery scam. There is no such thing as easy money in this world.

This is the scam email
WINNING EMAIL NOTIFICATION‎
From: gekitzmiller@austin.rr.com
Medium risk You may not know this sender.
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 6:19:14 PM
Reply-to: pieterbrugg2007@aim.com
To:


1ST CATEGORY WINNER REF No: AFA/7854545411/NT
VODAFONE STAKE INCOPRPORATION
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
Tongelresestraat 21-23,
1043 EK, Eindhoven,
The Netherlands

REF No: AFA/7854545411/NT
BATCH No: NG/156/VD
TICKET No: 34090322816
SERIAL No: 12-9768-907
LUCKY No: 43568000/12

APPROVED SUM BY VODAFONE.NL (WINNING EMAIL NOTIFICATION.)

Dear Lucky Winner,

We bring to your notice the results of the Free Email Computer Ballot
Jackpot 'A' draw 1st Category of VODAFONE.NL held today.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOUR EMAIL HAS WON.

This lottery is a promotional program by VODAFONE.NL (Biggest lottery
Organization in the Belgium/Netherlands) to advertise to the world its
existence. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email
addresses from all over the world, as part of our international
promotions program, which we intend to conduct several times a year.

Your E-mail address attached to Ticket number 34090322816 with Serial
number 12-9768-907 drew the lucky numbers 43568000/12, which
consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved
for a lump sum payout of €1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred
Thousand Euros). This is from a total cash prize of €9,000,000.00
Million shared amongst Six International Lucky Winners in the Category
A + (Plus). Be informed that your documents have to pass our authority
to obtain a clearance, which shall be attached to your document in
readiness of the subsequent onward transfer into your nominated mode
of payment within 48 hours of completion of the authentication.

Due to the possibility of unscrupulous individuals filing a double
claim, we suggest that you keep this award strictly confidential until
your claim has been processed and notarized and your certificate of
award obtained. This is in conformity with the lottery claim
regulations by our Organization & the Netherlands Gaming Control
Board. This is part of our security protocol measures to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants/non participants.

All winnings must be claimed not later than 10 days of receiving this
message. After ten days all unclaimed funds will be filed as unclaimed
and included in the next stake. Anybody under the age of 18 is
automatically disqualified.

To file for your claim, please contact our agent and legal adviser
with details below:
***********************************************
PIETERBRUGG LAW FIRM ASSOCIATES
Advocaten Pieter Brugg
Email:pieterbrugg2007@aim.com
Tel: 0031-616-128-268
Fax: 0031-847-446-906
***********************************************
All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be
obtained from the Netherlands Gaming Control Board to complete and to
effect transfer of your winning prize. This certificate can only be
obtained through our legal representation, so all winners are hereby
advised to contact our agent and legal adviser acting as a referee to
assist in the transfer process. Winners are responsible for the
legal/cost of transfer charges.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, provide the
following when replying:

Name:
Nationality:
Country of
Residence:
Occupation:
Tel number:
Coupon no: AFA/7854545411/NT

Kindly remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Julie Cruz.
(Co-ordinator).

Have a fruitful and joyful week. Cheers!

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