Example of the St. James Lottery Email Scam

ST JAMES LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS
Athens, Greece:
File Reference Number: SJL/51976512/4
WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the ST JAMES Lottery programs held on the 25th of November 2004 in Athens, Greece. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 4127543176657 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category in the recently concluded modern day olympics/ Paralympics celebration in the city of Athens. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000 EURO(ONE MILLION EURO) in cash. This is from a total cash prize of 3 MILLION EURO,shared amongst the first Five(Five) lucky winners in this category. 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 1,000,000 EURO(ONE MILLION EURO) would be released to you by our security firm in France.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 10,000 individuals and companies. This promotion takes place every olympic year. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims 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 by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Name: Louis Woods
Email: stjamesagency@netscape.net
TEL + 33 666-423-382
FAX + 33 544-554-251
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact Louis
Woods with followings details below:
1. Your full names, telephone and fax number, contact address and
2. Quote your Ticket number in correspondences with us or our
designated agent.
Congratulations, once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Anderson Clifford
(Zonal Coord)