An Email with the Subject "END OF YEAR BONAZA!!!!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 18:31:16 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as british national lottery <infocontact@bellsouth.net>.
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BRITISH ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK. GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!! BRITISH ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF; (Registration Z720633X). British National Lottery P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM (Customer Services) Ref: UK/9420X/05 Batch: 074/05/ZY369 WINNING NOTIFICATION: We happily announce to you the draw (#966) of the BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held 30th November, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 05 21 23 28 40 48 26 Bonus Ball which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of ÃÆÃâ1,200,000 (One million two hundred thousand pounds sterling in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £6,000,000 shared amongst the first five (5) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from WorldWide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly. The British Lottery, operators of the United Kingdom National Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). All winning must be claimed not later than 14 working days from this notification. After this time all unclaimed funds will be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your ÃÆÃââââÂ¬Ã Â¡ÃÆÃ¢â¬Å¡Ãâã1,200,000 (One million two hundred thousand pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.Please be warned.To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent: Mr. Mac Garry, Tel +44 702 402 7402 EMAIL: britishclaims_agentoffice@yahoo.co.uk *IMPORTANT* FILL OUT THIS WINNERS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW: Your application for the claim of lottery winning prize will be duly processed and settlement made upon certification. Hence, carefully fill in the appropriate information in the space provided below for record purposes to facilitate our immediate commencement of your claims process. The completed form should be sent to your Fiduciary agent for immediate commencement of prize remittance *Name of Beneficiary:.......... *Address:.............................. *City/State:............................ *Country:............................... *Nationality:.......................... *Sex:..................................... *Email Address:........................... *Tel:................................... *Fax (if any).......................... *Occupation:......................... *Next of Kin:......................... *Age:.................................... *AMOUNT WON:................... *In Figures:........................... *In Words:............................. *Lucky Nos:........................... *Ticket No:............................ OFFICE USE ONLY Verified by:________________ Confirmed by: ________________ FIDUCIARY AGENT SIGNATURE:________________ Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE BRITISH LOTTERY. Yours faithfully,Stella Ellis(Mrs) Online coordinator for THE BRITISH LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program. Confidentiality Notice: Please note that this email, and any files that may be attached to it,he/her confidential and he/her intended for the sole use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) to which it/they he/her addressed. Any use,distribution,copying or disclosure by any other person or entity is strictly prohibited under applicable law(s). If you received this email in error,please notify the sender by return email and delete the original message (making sure it is also deleted from the Deleted Items folder of your mail client).Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to official business of BRITISH LOTTERY and insurance shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by BRITISH LOTTERY finance and insurance when addressed to comet finance and insurance clients; and any information contained in this email is subject to the terms and conditions of the governing client's contract(s).b