Beware Of New E-Mail Scam, Public Warned
By Suria Rina PHA

Bandar Seri Begawan - "We happily announce to you the draw (#1035) of the JAPAN EMAIL PROMOTION LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held today in OSAKA JAPAN. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 453 75600545 188 with serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers (14, 33, 36, 39, 42, 46) and bonus ball (13), which subsequently won you the match 5 bonus prize in the 2nd category' match 5 plus bonus ".

So reads the latest e-mail scam to hit the country.

The offer goes on to request recipients to fill in verification forms to claim their prizes in China, amounting to US$500,000 in cash. The message states that this money is from a total cash prize of US$2,650,000 shared among international winners in the second category. The scam tries to sound legit by stating that participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and companies from all parts of the world as part of their electronic business promotions programme.

It adds that the lucky winning number falls within their China booklet representative office in Asia and as such the US$500,000 would be released by any of the payment offices in Asia as soon as possible.

This scam was started by someone claiming to be the foreign services manager of Transglobe Finance Securities in China, with a bogus e-mail attached to the message.

The public is urged not to fall for this scam by sending any of their personal particulars to the e-mail address. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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