Lottery Scam: BONDSOFTWARE

This lottery scam arrived from 80.190.233.48 on Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:19:11 -0000. Like most of the 419 crud I receive, it was sent directly to the (easily harvested) contact address for this blog. The source address is in Germany, according to WHOIS. One wonders whether Germany will be the next popular 419er locale, now that Spain has put its metaphoric foot down. Of course, the fraudster may not be in Germany at all, since it was sent through yet another webmail system that doesn't show the client source address. I've removed double-spacing from the text below.

BONDSOFTWARE  INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
                                    
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement  today, 20th June  
2005of winners of the BONDSOFTWARE PROMOTION LOTTERY /UK
INTERNATIONAL  PROGRAMS held on 22nd May, 2005. Your email  address 
attached to ticket number  131-45637829487580, drew the lucky numbers 
7-14-75-42-48-80,batch number 6365/UK and  consequently won the lottery in 
the 1st category. You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay 
out of GBP4OO,OOO (FOUR HUNDRED THOUSANDS POUNDS STERLING) is credited to 
file LOTTERY REF NO. BSIL/763276/03. This is from the total prize  
money of  GBP10,000,000.00 shared among the seventeen international  
winners in  categories C with serial number: UK/PLW/12-C8645651234. 
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system  drawn 
form 50,000 company email addresses and 50,000,000  individual email 
addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America,  Europe, North 
America,Africa and Asia as part of  the International  Promotions Program, which 
is conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now in custody of a financial Security company  insured in 
your FILE REFERENCE. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we  
ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your 
claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or  
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. This lottery  program 
was promoted by our group of philanthropist headed by the United Kindgom 
government. We hope that you will participate in our end of year high  
stakes GBP 10,000,000 million  International Lottery. To begin your 
claim, please contact your file/claim officer:


MR.CURTIS BROWN                                                   
FOREIGN SERVICE  MANAGER
OASIS FINANCE GROUPS
UNITED KINDGOM 
Email: oasisfinanceuk@netscape.net


Please be aware that the Paying Authority will Effect Payment  Swiftly 
upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation of your winning 
for due processing  and remittance of your winning prize to any 
designated account of  your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed 
not later than 14th August 2005. After this date, all funds will be 
returned as unclaimed.


NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please 
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in  every one of your 
correspondences with your agent. You are also expected to send your 
full name and contact address for proper verification and assessement  of 
winnings. Should there be any change of your address, do  inform your 
claim agent as soon as possible.You are required to communicate ONLY 
with your claiming agent.

Sincerely,

Monica Johnson(Mrs.)
Lottery Co-ordinator


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