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WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL AWARD
29th September 2004

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Report Summary
Date Reported
29th September 2004
Apparent Sender
GOLDEN STRIKE SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY
Return Address
mariaremoudd@handbag.com <mariaremoudd@handbag.com>
Subject
WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL AWARD
Format
HTML
Method

A another lottery variant of the 419 style of scam - uses the fake promise of a lottery win to eventually lure victim and trick them into giving away their bank details, or by requesting payments for 'administration costs'.

Bogus Web Content?
No
URL of web content

N/A

RISK LEVEL
MEDIUM
WARNINGS

1. A lottery variant of the 419 style of scam. Correspondance will simply result in requests for 'administration fees' to cover various costs, but you'll never actually get any money back!

2. GOLDEN STRIKE SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY almost certainly do not exist, and did you actually enter this lottery? An almost universal rule is that if you haven't entered a competition, you haven't won it! And even if you have the prize is likely to be a fraction of that promised.

3. Notice that the sender and the 'claims agent' use free, impossible to trace web based email addresses, a little strange for a lottery company dealing in millions!

 

" We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results of the GOLDEN STRIKE SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMES NL,held on the 21th SEPTEMBER 2004."...

If you have received this email, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first, although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.

 

The Spoof Email ...


GOLDEN STRIKESWEEPTAKES COMPANY NL,
      C/ CORDOBA N° 21 EGGER-STRAAT
       28089 AMSTERDAM  NETHERLAND

FROM: THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR
    INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT.
    REF: IPL/4249859609/WP1
    BATCH: GL/91663/A

ATTN;WINNER,

        RE:FINAL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:


We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results
of the GOLDEN STRIKE SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMES
NL,held on the 21th SEPTEMBER 2004.You were entered as dependent clients
with:

Reference Number:NM/BC921245/KY13,
and Batch number NM/207161/KOP.
Your email address attached to the ticket number: 46939 that drew the lucky
winning number, which consequently won the sweep take in the second category,in
four parts.

You have been approved for a payment of 500,000.00Euros(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
EUROS.) in cash credited to file reference number:IPL/4249859609/WP1.This
is from a total cash  prize of FIVE MILLION EUROS Shared among the ten international
winners in second categories.

congratulations!!!!!

All participants were selected through a Multi international computer ballot
system drawn from 98,000 (Ninety eight thousand) names of email users aroundthe
world,as part of our international promotion programmes.

Due to mixed up of some names and addresses, we ask that you keep this award
personal, till your claims has been processed and your funds remitted to
you. This is part of our security measures  to avoid double claiming orunwarranted
taking advantage of the situation by other participants orimpersonators.

To begin your claim,do file for the release of your winning by contactingour
accredited agent:
Mr HARRY MANFRED.
Foreign Transfer Manager.
GATEWAY SECURITY AGENCY.BV.
FAX +:31-847-300-495
TEL +:31-614-808-232
Email:infostrikeagent@netscape.net

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized to complete the claim process; winnerswill
be referred to a Foreign Transfer Manager,to have their winnings notarized.Winners
are to cover the legal charges of the notarization not GATEWAY SECURITY
AGENCY.

They are your agent, and responsible for the  processing and transfer ofyour
winnings fund to you.
YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-91237-H°67/B4 (keep personal) Remember,yourwinning
must be claimed not later than 04-10-04). After this date,

funds might be returned to the unclaimed. Furthermore, should there be anychange
in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Yours truly,
Mrs. Maria Remoud.
THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM (NL)

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will resultto
disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claimsagent
Mr.Harry Manfred at infostrikeagent@netscape.net .



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