Christmas is coming ...

and the lottery scam e-mails are being trimmed to reflect this. This one announces the "Yuletide Session". I wonder what the others come up with?

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Subject: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON YOU AN AWARD (30-Nov-2005 19:25)
From: g8lotto_103@hotmail.com
To: xxx@xxx.xxx

EXCLUSIVE G8 E-MAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD.
(YULETIDE SESSION LOTTERY AWARD)
BACTH NO: EXG8/EU/0177/82798/005
REF. No: EXG8/EU/12380/70924/005

YULETIDE SESSION LOTTERY AWARD/PROCESSING ADVICE

This is to inform you of the release of the G8 E-MAIL YULETIDE SESSION LOTTERY AWARD held on the 15TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2005. Due to the mix up of numbers, the results were released on the 20TH OF october 2005.

Your email address attached to Ticket No: 7804468845 with Serial No 0252393053 drew the lucky numbers of 05-07-65-11-92 which subsequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of $1,450,000.00 (ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY) in credited to a file reference number SBNA 6483490491. This is from total prize money of $5,250,000.00 DOLLARS shared among the international winners in our 1st -5th categories. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 company email
addresses and 3,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and website all over the world as part of Yuletide Promotions Program, conducted every TWO years, and this is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities FROM THE G8.

CONGRATULATIONS, your funds is now in custody of a Financial/Security Company insured in your FILE REFERENCE and covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

To process your claim, please contact your file/claim officer:

DR. ENRICO MANSELL
EXCLUSIVE G8 E-MAILS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION,
email: exclusiveg8lotto@walla.com

Make sure that you quote your winning references in all your correspondence with them. Please be informed that NON RESIDENCE of ITALY will be required to
procure an Affidavits of Lotto Claim/Court clearance certificate from the Court in ITALY prior to European Gaming Board as required by the paying Authority. Please be aware that your Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, For due processing and remittance of your winning prize to designated account of your choice, please treat as urgent and all reply must be via email as to ensure the legibility.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Note that all winning must be claimed not
later than 23rd OF december, 2005. After this date all unclaimed, funds will be included in the next stake.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 17 is automatically disqualified.

Yours Sincerely,
Francesca Richwald.
Vice President

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process,failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings Forfeiture. Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.

(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and
unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions of claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize awards winning.

(c)as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken onemployment. By this lottery prize awards winning, you acknowledge your acceptance to be added to ourlottery master player database.