by Chris Fuller
Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:08 am
This is a scam, and untrue. The scammer will demand some type of fees or delivery costs to be paid, but no winnings will ever be received, as the prize money does not exist.
Attached INTERNATIONAL POWERBAL AWARD.pdf reads:
From: [email protected]
Subject: Your E-mail Address Have Won British International Power Ball Award
FROM: INTERNATIONAL POWER BALL LOTTERY AWARD DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS: HG1 1LX UNITED KINGDOM
You Have Won The British International Power Ball Award
View The attached Notification Letter
You are advice to contact our Claim Department immediately for the claim of your winning prize with the following details: -
Name: Mr. Morris Brown
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 703-174-2617
Attached INTERNATIONAL POWERBAL AWARD.pdf reads:
FROM: INTERNATIONAL POWERBALL LOTTERY AWARD DEPARTMENT
HEADQUARTERS: HG1 1LX UNITED KINGDOM
REFERENCE Nº:LPB0031894/35
TICKET Nº:91AW6788424622
BATCH Nº:56741159
INTERNATIONAL POWERBALL LOTTO AWARD
British International Powerball Lottery Program wishes to inform you the results of the collective E-mail address ballot lottery award by the British International Lottery Program held in United Kingdom on Feb 10th 2011. Your email ID is among the jackpot lucky winners for the sum of £2,400,000.00 (Two Million Four Hundred Thousand British Pounds) for this month, Prize promotion Award which is organized by International Power Ball Promotion Inc
.
This result is now made available to you and your email address attached in the Category A draw lucky number 6 16 20 31 36 and the Powerball No. 8 Participants were selected through a computerized ballot system drawn from company and individual email addresses users.
We advice that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. For the release of your winnings, kindly contact your claims agent with the following details to expedite the processing of your prize winning.
1. Full name and address:
2. Country of Residence:
3. Tel and fax number:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex::
7. Passport/ID No:
8. E-mail:
9. Reference no and ticket no:
You are advice to contact our Claim Department immediately for the claim of your winning prize with the following details:
Name: Mr. Morris Brown
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 703-174-2617
All winning must be claimed not later than two weeks from the date of receipt of this email. After this date all prize winning will treated as Unclaimed
Note in order to avoid unnecessary delays; remember to quote your Reference and ticket numbers in all correspondence.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our special quarterly promotional Lottery
program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. J. Walker
(UK Information and Promotion Manager)
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Warning:
For security reasons your winning information is not to be disclosed until your money prize is successful handed over to you to avoid
disqualification that may arise from double claim. You may also receive similar message from people portraying to be other Organizations. This is solely to
collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any thing similar to the notification letter that was sent
to you kindly delete it and give no further correspondence to such organization or body. Person under 18 years of age is not allowed to claim prize.
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