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Bharat Rao
Aug 5, 2012, 6:52:34 PM8/5/12
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Just when you thought you had seen it all...
ESPN Head Office
Registered office:
3 Queen Caroline Street
London, W6 9PE.
Company No: 4620511
FROM THE DESK OF ESPN STAR CRICKET AWARD
Dear Email Owner,
This E-mail is to officially inform you that your E-mail Address has been verified and pronounced
as the lucky winner Of £1,000,000.00 GBP in the 2012 Award by ESPN Star Cricket Draw
Promotion UK. We wish to congratulate you over your E-mail Address success in this financial
bailout plan. Your E-mail Address emerged as one of the ten final recipients of a cash Grant/
Donation of (One Million Great British Pounds) to salvage your finances and to develop your
community. This cash grant is a gift you will never be required to pay it back,,,,
This financial bailout plan is funded by Microsoft Corporation/Yahoo Incorporated, United
Nations Agencies, Economic Development Organizations and Regional Unions which include
the African Union (AU), Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), European Union (EU), Union of South
American Nations (UNASUR), North American Union (NAU) etcetera in an effort to reduce the
impact of food and financial crisis around the world. The leaders of these organizations by (ESPN
STAR CRICKET AWARD) held in London UK, and made donations for this program. We were
engaged to carry out the task of conducting the E-mail Address balloting and to subsequently
pay winners...
Note that all participants’ E-mail Address were selected randomly from companies all over
different countries of the world through a random sampling and your E-mail Address attached
to file reference number (ESC-P038/C098Q/02/LTY) emerged as one of the lucky numbers that
won the sum of (One Million Great British Pounds) £1,000,000.00 GBP….
Our method of payment is through a Demand Bank Draft that will be issued in your favor so
that you can easily en-cash it in your country. All you have to do now is to provide us with the
information below to enable the management of our company issue you the Bank Draft in your
favor. You are required to fill the Verification & Funds Release Form below.
For you to receive your won prize you must forward your information to our official email:
espnaw...@rogers.com
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1. Full Name's:
2. Sex:
3. Country:
4. State/City:
5. Contact Address:
6. Mobile/Tel Number:
7. Marital Status:
8. Occupation:
9. Date/Age:
10. Pin Code:
11. File Reference Number:
12. Winning E-Mail:
13. Alternative E-mail:
14. Amount Won:
15. Have You Won Before: Yes Or No?
For claims of your winning funds you are advice to send us your information via email below:
Email: espnaw...@rogers.com
As a security measure, you are asked to keep your winning information confidential until you
have made your claim. This is mainly to avoid putting up double claims with your Email Address
which will result to the cancellation of your cash grant. On behalf of myself and all staff of ESPN
STAR CRICKET ORGANIZATION, I say congratulations once again…
Your sincerely,,
Mr. Graham Smith…
ESPN Head Office
Registered office:
3 Queen Caroline Street
London, W6 9PE.
Company No: 4620511
FROM THE DESK OF ESPN STAR CRICKET AWARD
Dear Email Owner,
This E-mail is to officially inform you that your E-mail Address has been verified and pronounced
as the lucky winner Of £1,000,000.00 GBP in the 2012 Award by ESPN Star Cricket Draw
Promotion UK. We wish to congratulate you over your E-mail Address success in this financial
bailout plan. Your E-mail Address emerged as one of the ten final recipients of a cash Grant/
Donation of (One Million Great British Pounds) to salvage your finances and to develop your
community. This cash grant is a gift you will never be required to pay it back,,,,
This financial bailout plan is funded by Microsoft Corporation/Yahoo Incorporated, United
Nations Agencies, Economic Development Organizations and Regional Unions which include
the African Union (AU), Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), European Union (EU), Union of South
American Nations (UNASUR), North American Union (NAU) etcetera in an effort to reduce the
impact of food and financial crisis around the world. The leaders of these organizations by (ESPN
STAR CRICKET AWARD) held in London UK, and made donations for this program. We were
engaged to carry out the task of conducting the E-mail Address balloting and to subsequently
pay winners...
Note that all participants’ E-mail Address were selected randomly from companies all over
different countries of the world through a random sampling and your E-mail Address attached
to file reference number (ESC-P038/C098Q/02/LTY) emerged as one of the lucky numbers that
won the sum of (One Million Great British Pounds) £1,000,000.00 GBP….
Our method of payment is through a Demand Bank Draft that will be issued in your favor so
that you can easily en-cash it in your country. All you have to do now is to provide us with the
information below to enable the management of our company issue you the Bank Draft in your
favor. You are required to fill the Verification & Funds Release Form below.
For you to receive your won prize you must forward your information to our official email:
espnaw...@rogers.com
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1. Full Name's:
2. Sex:
3. Country:
4. State/City:
5. Contact Address:
6. Mobile/Tel Number:
7. Marital Status:
8. Occupation:
9. Date/Age:
10. Pin Code:
11. File Reference Number:
12. Winning E-Mail:
13. Alternative E-mail:
14. Amount Won:
15. Have You Won Before: Yes Or No?
For claims of your winning funds you are advice to send us your information via email below:
Email: espnaw...@rogers.com
As a security measure, you are asked to keep your winning information confidential until you
have made your claim. This is mainly to avoid putting up double claims with your Email Address
which will result to the cancellation of your cash grant. On behalf of myself and all staff of ESPN
STAR CRICKET ORGANIZATION, I say congratulations once again…
Your sincerely,,
Mr. Graham Smith…
dechucka
Aug 5, 2012, 6:55:58 PM8/5/12
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"Bharat Rao" <rao.b...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Just when you thought you had seen it all...
are you suggesting I won't get my money? :-(
snip
John Hall
Aug 6, 2012, 5:23:18 AM8/6/12
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In article <784c46d5-41c8-414b...@googlegroups.com>,
You can hardly blame CricInfo for some phisher impersonating them,
though (which your choice of Subject suggests that you might be doing).
--
John Hall
"The beatings will continue until morale improves."
Attributed to the Commander of Japan's Submarine Forces in WW2
Bharat Rao <rao.b...@gmail.com> writes:
>Just when you thought you had seen it all...
>
>ESPN Head Office
>Registered office:
>3 Queen Caroline Street
>London, W6 9PE.
>Company No: 4620511
>
>FROM THE DESK OF ESPN STAR CRICKET AWARD
>
>�
>
>Dear Email Owner,
>
>This E-mail is to officially inform you that your E-mail Address has been verified and pronounced
>as the lucky winner Of �1,000,000.00 GBP in the 2012 Award by ESPN Star Cricket Draw
>Promotion UK.
<snip>
>Just when you thought you had seen it all...
>
>ESPN Head Office
>Registered office:
>3 Queen Caroline Street
>London, W6 9PE.
>Company No: 4620511
>
>FROM THE DESK OF ESPN STAR CRICKET AWARD
>
>�
>
>Dear Email Owner,
>
>This E-mail is to officially inform you that your E-mail Address has been verified and pronounced
>as the lucky winner Of �1,000,000.00 GBP in the 2012 Award by ESPN Star Cricket Draw
>Promotion UK.
You can hardly blame CricInfo for some phisher impersonating them,
though (which your choice of Subject suggests that you might be doing).
--
John Hall
"The beatings will continue until morale improves."
Attributed to the Commander of Japan's Submarine Forces in WW2
Bharat Rao
Aug 7, 2012, 1:08:20 AM8/7/12
to John Hall
On Monday, August 6, 2012 5:23:18 AM UTC-4, John Hall wrote:
> In article <784c46d5-41c8-414b...@googlegroups.com>,
>
> In article <784c46d5-41c8-414b...@googlegroups.com>,
>
> Bharat Rao writes:
>
> You can hardly blame CricInfo for some phisher impersonating them,
>
> though (which your choice of Subject suggests that you might be doing).
It was tongue in cheek. More as in "even you cricket" are not immune from phishers? I also was secretly impressed by the novelty of the phisher. Obviously, cricinfo is blameless here...
>
> You can hardly blame CricInfo for some phisher impersonating them,
>
> though (which your choice of Subject suggests that you might be doing).
Bharat
tendulkar.com
Aug 7, 2012, 12:18:29 PM8/7/12
to John Hall
Andrew Dunford
Aug 7, 2012, 6:33:18 PM8/7/12
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"tendulkar.com" <qro...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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the years by how much cricket-targeted spam arrives in my inbox.
Andrew
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