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Saturday, June 06, 2009

Hewlett Packard Company Lottery Win Email Scam / Fraud

Typical Lottery Scam, there is no lottery, there is no money, just you paying "Taxes or Duties".

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Hewlett Packard Company,
Customer Service Department,
26 Lower Mall, Hammersmith,
London W6 9DJ
United Kingdom,

Reference No: HPC/L/W-1221908.
Batch No: HPC/L-653-2009
Winning No: HPC/L/W- 1221908/07


Good day Sir/Madam,

Lottery notification

This is to inform you that you are winner from the just concluded Hawlett Packard (HP) Company lottery in way of saying thank you for your patronage and in promotion of our hardware and software product.

Kindly note that this lottery is approved by the British Lottery Board BLDA, any mail without this approval code (BLDP) Meaning British lottery board approved.

No ticket were sold but it was done my a randomly selected email database from all email service providers and with the help of Microsoft incorporated, to this you have been declared a winner of 2,000,000.00 Great British Pounds sterling and One HP Pavilion laptop from the just announce result with Reference No: HPC/L/W-1221908.and Batch No: HPC/L-653-2009.

You are to fill the verification form below and forward to your claim processor for proper entirely into the British lottery book of the year and for accurate delivery of prize to you. you can call him if need be.
On behalf of the entire staff of HP company we say congratulations.

VERIFICATION FORM

{1} Your Full Names:...............
{2} Contact Address:................
{3} Telephone Number:...........................
{4} Fax numbers(optional):...............
(5} Nationality/Country:...............
{6} Date of Birth:.........................................
{7} Age/Sex:............................
8} Occupation:............................................................
{9} Scan a copy of your international passport and your personal photograph.
How would you want to get your prize? ................

{A} Come down to United Kingdom to pick up your Cheque & 1 hp Pavilion laptops.

{B} Courier delivery of your winning cheque and 1 hp Pavilion laptops to your doorsteps.
(3) Bank transfer to your desired account any where in the world.

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CONTACT:
Hewlett Packard Promotion Processing Department, Mr. Rick Bowen Tel : +447045756005
Phone: +447045743006
Email: hplcrickbowen@gmail.com


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Note that your reference number and batch no and all other details concerning this lottery should not be disclosed until prize is delivered, this is to avoid double claim and delivery of prize to the wrong person.

Once a again I say congratulation,
Yours truly,

Mr. Philip Omar
Public relations officer.
Hewlett Packard computer company

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