I could have so much fun and do so many good things, and a few bad as well, with this much money. To bad these are evil people bent on preying on the weak and uneducated, or at least the pie-in-the-sky-dreamers amongst us. But it is a scam no matter how official it all sounds. Just a sampling of sites that talk about email scams:

List of Names Used in Lottery Scams
Library of the latest Spoof Email & Phishing Scams
Whole Lotto Stealing Going On

THE LOTTERY PROMOTION COMPANY LIMITED
CHURCHILL HOUSE, CHALVEY ROAD EAST
SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE SL1 2LS

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LW907686 AND BATCH NO: 22/457/PE.

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam,

RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to notify you of the announcement today of winners of the THE LOTTERY PROMOTION COMPANY LIMITED PROGRAMS held on 21st of October 2004 as part of our last quarter of the year bonanza.

You or your company, attached to ticket number 1416-4612, with serial number 458625 drew the lucky numbers 60-17-7-43, and consequently won the lottery in the "A" category.

You have been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$5,500,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO: LW907686 This is from total prize money of US$16,500,000.00 shared among the Three (3) international winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form 77,000 email address of individauls and company name at a ramdon from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually and sponsored by major Companies in UK.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your claims file has been forwarded to BLUE ARC LONDON LTD;

MR. FOREST ANDERSON
BLUE ARC LONDON LTD
TEL: +447040101599
FAX: +447092840755
E-MAIL: bluearcltd@mail2london.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. In your best interests and to avoid complications you must initiate contact within five days working permit of receipt of this MAIL. BLUE ARC LONDON LTD. will handle all matters with regards to claiming your prize. All correspondences to MR. FOREST ANDERSON, either by fax and/or email, should have this MAIL sent along with it and also, your FULL ADDRESS, your COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE and your EMAIL ADDRESS to which this email is sent, should be clearly and BOLDLY WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE
with BLUE ARC LONDON LTD.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference LW907686 and batch numbers 22/457/PE in every correspondences with MR. FOREST ANDERSON. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform MR. FOREST ANDERSON. You are to keep all lottery information from the public as we will not entertain cases of multiple claims processing or compromise the privacy and security for all winners.

CONGRATULATIONS once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely Yours,
Ms. Lisa Jones
Promotions Manager
Lottery Promotion Company Ltd.

N.B. Anybody under the age of 18 cannot participate in this program and any breach of confidentiality on the part Of the winners will result to disqualification. Do not reply to this mail. Contact your claim agent.

*Disclaimer: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) named herein. If you are not the intended recipient or addressee, you should not use, disseminate, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and might not represent those of "THE LOTTERY PROMOTION COMPANY LIMITED." and/or its units.

Warning: Although reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachments. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please contact the sender directly.

Posted by prolurkr at December 1, 2004 07:17 PM

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