Hello, I am Miss Young. I received the following email. It is about a fraud lottery. The lottery claims that I won, but the reality is that they want MY money.

Go to the lotteries page to see more stories on fake lotteries.

От:                  JAPAN LOTTERY COUNCIL <drjiangleejp@aim.com>        
Время создания:      Fri, 8 Dec 2006
Тема:                CONGRATULATION !!! YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON YOU PROMOTION



THE JAPAN LOTTERY PROMOTION
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT KENNEDY AVENUE
65 EXCHANGE ROAD,ORTIGAS BUILDING
JAPAN.

PROMOTION OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of the Japan International Lottery Worldwide Promotion,  your email  was among the 20 Lucky winners who won $500,000.00(Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) each on the Japan Lottery Promotion dated as stated above.This is from the total price of $10 million United State Dollars shared among the 20 lucky winners.you are therefore approved for a lump payment of $500,000.00(Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) 

However the results were released today and  your email attached to ticket number (343-221-8756) and ballot serial number (454-17) was among the winners.The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 290,600 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

This Lottery is approved by the Japanese Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

As indicated by the computerized selection machine,your lucky winning number falls within our Asia booklet representative office in HONG KONG/CHINA  as showed in the coupon.


For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claim 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.

In other to claim your $500,000.00 prize winning,which has been deposited
in a nominated bank with your email address which won you the prize.However,you will have to fill the form below and send it to the promotion manager of THE JAPAN LOTTERY PROMOTION  for verification and then you will be directed to the bank where a cheque of $500,000.00 has already been deposited in your favour.


NAME:.....................................
AGE:........................................
SEX:........................................
ADDRESS:(RESIDENT ADDRESS ONLY)...............................
EMAIL:....................................
PHONE:...................................
OCCUPATION:.........................

AMOUNT WON........................
COUNTRY:............................... 

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it  immediately to our Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your fund

(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)

NAME: DR JIANG LEE

E MAIL: drjiangleejp@aim.com

PHONE:  +86 13424234058

You are to keep all the lotto information away from the general public
especially your ticket number and ballot number.(this is important as a case of double claiming will not be entertained) 

*Staff of Japanese International Lottery Company are not to partake in this Lottery.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,

MR WILLIAM E.B
(VICE PRESDENT FINANCE)