The Islamic Emails Intercontinental Lottery

This showed up in our inbox this morning. It’s a new twist on an old scam.

The message claims to be part of an effort to encourage Muslim computer literacy and use of the interenet — how could one resist?

As-salaamu Alaikum!


THE ISLAMIC EMAILS INTERCONTINENTAL LOTTERY.
102 MOHAMMAD AKRAM ROAD,AMMAN -KINGDOM OF JORDAN.
ASIAN CUSTOMER SERVICES CENTER.
115 SUKHUMVIT ROAD BANGKOK-KINGDOM OF THAILAND.
REF NO:FI/550/05ES.
BATCH NO:6677-05734.
CONTACT MR MALLAM ABDULLAH ALI AT
islamic4@myway.com

DEAR WINNER,

MAY THE BLESSINGS AND THE PEACE OF ALMIGHTY ALLAH BE UPON YOU.

The lslamic emails lottery happily announce to you the draw of our emails lottery programs held on 18th APRIL 2007 IN ( AMMAN- KINGDOM OF JORDAN).your email address attached to ticket number:56475600545/188 with serial number 5388/06 drawn the lucky numbers:31-6-26-13-35-7.have won you the 1st ever conducted lslamic emails lottery.you have therefore been approved to claim your prize at the sum of ( US$500,000.DOLLARS) in cash credited to file:(KPC/9080118308/02/FLC).this is from a total cash prize of (US$5 MILLION DOLLARS)shared among the ten lucky winners.this is the 1st lslamic emails lottery and the biggest to be conducted in the lslamic world.please note that your winner number falls within our asian booklet center as indicated in our play coupon.
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please contact our customer services center for the released of your winning prize.all the lslamic participants were selected randomly from world wide email sites through the computerized system with the help of (MICROSOFT CORPORATION).the lslamic emails lottery takes place periodically.for security reasons,you are advised to keep your winning lnformations confidential to avoid double claims.this lslamic emails lottery is to encouraged muslims world wide to use lnternet and promotes computer literacy in the lslamic world.

please,fill the lnformations below and contact the customer services center. MR MALLAM ABDULLAH ALI at: islamic4@myway.com

(1)FULL NAMES..........
(2)AGE. ......................
(3)SEX........................
(4)ADDRESS...............
(5)COUNTRY................
(6)STATE....................
(7)PHONE NUMBER.....
(8)FAX -NUMBER.........
(9)MARITAL STATUS...
(10)OCCUPATION........
(11)REF:NUMBER.........
(12)BATCH:NUMBER....
(13)AMOUNT WON.......

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PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CLAIMS PROCESS AND CLEARANCE PROCEDURES MUST BE DULY COMPLETED EARLY TO AVOID IMPERSONATION ARISING TO THE ISSUE OF DOUBLE CLAIMS.PLEASE QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS WHEN CONTACTING THE CUSTOMER SERVICES CENTER.

islamic4@myway.com
MALLAM ABDULLAH ALI.