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.

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From: "Mr V Brown" <v_brown85@hotmail.com>
To: <v_brown85@hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 11:42 PM
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.


> ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM.
>
> AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.
>
> We are pleased to inform you of the release of february, 2007 of the
> result of the sweepstake WORLD INTERNET LOTTERY Int.promotion programs.
> Your name attached to the ticket number 033-20737-750 with serial number
> 033-05 drew the lucky number 13-15-16-21-34-36 which consequently won
> lottery in the 2nd category.
> You are therefore been approved for a lump sum of US$800,000.00 (Eight
> Hundred Thousand United states dollars) in cash credited to the file Nº
> EG/033-20737-750/05/06/03. This is from the total cash prize of
> US$23,800,000.00 twenty-three million eight hundred thousand United
> states dollars, shared among seventeen international winners in this
> category.
> Your fund is secured under a comprehensive insurance policy in your name,
> which permits nobody or group of persons to subtract from it. Due to mixed
> up of some numbers and names. We ask that you keep this award top secrete
> from public notice until your claims has been processed and your money
> remitted to your nominated account. As this is part of our security
> protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking of advantage of
> this program by participants.
> All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
> 25,000 names, from all over the world as a part of our International
> promotion program which we conduct twice every year. We hope that, with a
> part of your prize you will take part in our end of the year high
> stake US$1.3bn lottery. To avoid scam, please contact only your assigned
> agent below.
> You won this lottery because you subscribed online. Some names were
> selected via the net and lottery was played on their behalf to mark world
> Internet day. This is part of the program to promote Internet in the
> world. To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent.
> MR JOHN KAJA OF BRUCE AGENCY & CONSULTING(PTY) SOUTH AFRICA TEL.NUMBER +
> 27-73-200-3482 E.MAIL:  johnkaja40@hotmail.com
> He will guide and assist you in processing and remittance of your money to
> a designated account of your choice.
> Remember all prize money must be claimed not later than 6 weeks from the
> date of this notice after this date all funds will be returned to the
> ministerio de economia hacienda as unclaimed. Note in order to avoid
> unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your ref. and batch
> nos. in every correspondence with your agent.
> Furthermore, should there be any change of address, do please inform your
> claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all members
> of staff and thank you for being a part of our promotions program.
> Yours Sincerely
> MR V.BROWN.