"I wish to inform you that payment of your Lottery Winnings amounting to #4,500,000.00 being prize money from SMARTBALL LOTTERY UK second Category draws has been certified by all authorities involved."...

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The Spoof Email ...

LEROY DABBS

Acting on the instructions in your claims file with Reference number

REF NUMBER:SMBUK/7899/8604/04HFS
BATCH NUMBER: G5/B212-8

I wish to inform you that payment of your Lottery Winnings amounting to
#4,500,000.00 being prize money from SMARTBALL LOTTERY UK second Category
draws has been certified by all authorities involved. Be informed that
instruments of payment for the sum of #4,500,000.00 to you, is already in
our possession and shall be processed upon meeting the requirements stated
below.

You are required to fill a "Lottery Claim Form" with all necessary details.
Please see the attachment of this mail for the lottery prize claim form.
kindly, fill, and send to us either by fax or as an email attachment for due
processing

You are also being required to pay a fee of 3,280 GPD (three thousand, two
hundred and eighty Great Britain pounds), or its equivalent in your local
currency. This payment is to cover transfer charges, Insurance of vital
documents like prize claim certificate and other transfer documents,
handling and opening of account charges.

Note that your total prize claim of 4,500,000.00 (four million, five hundred
thousand POUNDS) has been insured to the real value and as such cannot be
deducted from. This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the United
kingdom Lottery Act of the British Lottery Affairs Commission as adopted in
1993 and amended in 1998. This is to protect winners and to avoid
misappropriation of funds.
A certificate of prize claim along side other vital documents will be sent
to you via Courier service immediately transfer of your winnings is
effected.

Note that your winnings will be transferred within 48hrs after the receipt
of both requirements stated above.
Congratulations once more, I shall be awaiting your filled Lottery Winnings
Claims Form.

Truly yours,

MR Paul Graham
FINANCE MANAGER,
HERITAGE FINANCE SECURITY
Plains Heritage Center HOUSE
642 HIGH ROAD
LEYTONSTONE
LONDON , GREATER LONDON E113AA,
LONDON UK.
TEL: +44 704 011 4191
FAX: +44(0)871 661 7552
MOBILE: +8821646655614
EMAIL: accounts@heritage-finance-security.net


NB: For further information about SMARTBALL LOTTERY UK, feel free to contact
them directly;

THE COORDINATOR,
SMARTBALL LOTTERY UK
133 Crosbie Rd
PO Box 9600
St John's NF A1A 3C1. uk.
tel / fax : + 44 {0} 7092841762