Have received a mail as quoted below which is self explanatory. Attachment is also reproduced
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From: ESPN STAR CRICKET AWARDS
To: nage ndren (Personal Info Removed)
Sent: Tuesday, 24 April 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: FROM THE ESPN OFFICE IN LONDON / PLEASE CONTACT THE RBI
Dear D. Nagendran
We are writing to inform you that you have been cleared for payment, Please open the attachment on the email above and follow the guide lines.
Yours Sincerely
Dr. Miller Coleman
Attachment as under:
ESPN Head Office
Registered office:
3 Queen Caroline Street,
London, W6 9PE.
Company No: 4620511
Approval of award winning prize of 1,000, 000.00 gbp for transfer.
We want to inform you that your verification details have been received and have been processed. I must say that you should count yourself extremely lucky to have emerged as one of our lucky winners in the ESPN Star Cricket draw, Online Sweepstakes International Program. As you already know, all participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 10,000 unions, associations and corporate bodies that are listed online and each email address was attached to a ticket number. Your email address attached to ticket number: 57522465896530 with Serial number 3652-662 were selected which automatically makes you one of our lucky winners this year 2012.
The COURT AND GOVERNMENT OF UNITED KINDOM GAMING BOARD has mandated us to Transfer your winning prize to you. We hereby inform you that approval is given for release of an amount £1,000, 000.00 (One Million Great British pounds), We have send a FAX to your country RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, Your total winning amount will be transferred to your country within the next 96hrs and to be transferred into your personnel Bank Account through the Reserve Bank Of India (RBI).
The draft payment arrangement will help us overcome all the internal and external hitches, and taxes under the COST OF TRANSFER (COT) money transfer laws, financial constitution and policies of your country and our country for the recognition of the rule of law. Also this mode of transfer of your winning price will help abolish complain of double Taxation from both British Government & India Government. You are eligible to receive your Award Price of £1,000, 000.00 (One Million Great British pounds)
Your bank information must be stated accordingly to rbi:
BANK NAME:
BANK BRANCH:
BANK ADDRESS:
ACCOUNT NUMBER:
ACCOUNT NAME:
SWIFT CODE (IF ANY):
TWO PASSPORT COPIES
According to the confirmation from your country, Your Funds Transfer will be handled by the Foreign Transfer Department of the Reserve Bank of India and our diplomat in the Person of Diplomat David Fuller will be arriving in India tomorrow with all legal documents to be presented to the RBI. You are therefore advise to address your Mail to the foreign Department of the Reserve Bank of India with the Following contact details given below.
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
6, Sandad Marg Janpath
New Delhi No: 110001.
Ref: 1100550333RBI
Contact E-mail: [email protected]
Official Website: http://rsvbind.com/home/index.html
Congratulations on behalf of all staffs and member of the ESPN Star Cricket.
With Best Regards,
Yours faithfully,
Dr Miller Coleman
Payment Co-ordinator,
ESPN Star Cricket,
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
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To the best of my knowledge, there is no such rewards from ESPN. Please confirm. Thanks.
D. Negendran
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