Example of the The Thunderball Lottery Email Scam

The THUNDERBALL LOTTERY
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
13th MAY. 2006

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you that you are a winner ofthe draw (#551) of the THUNDER BALL EMAIL LOTTERY, online SweepstakesInternational program held on Wed. 24th May,2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky Jacpot Winning numbers: 07-11-28-29-31-01 match 5 + Thunderball which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st Category i.e match 5 + Thunderball which means you are a JACKPOT WINNER.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sumof £250,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.You were the only emerged lucky wiiner.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide 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. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in England as indicated in your play coupon. In view ofthis, your £250,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty thousand pounds sterling) would be releasedto you by any of our affiliated security/Financial companies in England. Our Financial
Accountant 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 claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim yourprize. 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 Financial Officer in charge of your winning prize, for the immediate release and transfer of the Prize to your account via our Intermediary bank:

Name: Mr, Rosanka Wise,
E-mail: rosanka_wise@yahoo.co.uk
with your full name and drawnumber(i.e 551)

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the THUNDERBALL ONLINE LOTTERY.