You’ve Won a Lottery
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OH JOY!! I’ve won a lottery I didn’t know I entered … and the lottery is in a country I don’t live in.
The scam? They collect your information and then tell you that 1) they need access to your bank accout or 2) you must pay a fee for them to send your winnings to you.
Don’t be a SUCKER. If you didn’t BUY A TICKET to a lottery, you can’t have won one. There are all sorts of different versions of this scam. Don’t be suckered in. Hit the DELETE button.
A RECENT SAMPLE:
SUBJECT: BRITISH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY
RECIPIENT: undisclosed-recipients
We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the BRITISH GOVERNMENT
LOTTERY,
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £950,000.00
(Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to
file KTU/9023118308/03.
To file for your claim,
please contact our fiduciary agent:
Sir Gerald Johnson
(Fiduciary Agent).
E MAIL:
PHONE:+447011129868
FAX:+44-87-1816-9707
Your are advice to provide him with the following bellow?
Names:
Age:
Tel :
Fax:
Nationality:
REF Number:
BATCH No:
TICKET No:
SERIAL No:
LUCKY No:
Yours faithfully,
Sarah Jones.
A slightly different take on the same idea ….
FROM: “BRITISH TOBACCO ONLINE PROMO”
SUBJECT: PERSONAL
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This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of (one million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars)in the International programs held on the 20th of March 2007 in London Uk.The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(s) from a database of over 250,000 mail addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our executive claims officer via email;Mr. ALBERT GREGORY.Fudiciary Agent/Payment Officer.
E-mail: britishtobacco_@yahoo.co.uk
1.Name in full,
2.Address,
3.Nationality,
4.Age
5.Occupation,
6.Phone/Fax,
7.Present Country.
KAREN PETERSON
Co-coordinator.AGENT.
| From: | “Swiss Lottery” <pers@bellsouth.net> |
| To: | games@swisslottery.ch |
| Subject: | Swiss Lottery Notification |
SWISSLOS, Interkantonale Landeslotterie
Lange Gasse 20, Postfach 4002 Basel Switzerland .
Batch Number: 074/05/zy369/SL/2007
Ref Number: UK/9420X2/68
Dear Sir/Madam,
This is to inform you of the release of the SWISS EMAIL LOTTERY on the
24th of March, 2007. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum
payout of £2,000,000.00 Only (TWO MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS ONLY)
with Lucky Number "2, 3, 17, 18, 21, 44, 12" in cash which is deposited
with in your favor as beneficiary and covered with HIGH INSURANCE
POLICY.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to you.
This online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
755,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by
an advanced automated random computer search from the internet and no
tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, you/your email
address emerged as one of three winners in the category "C"
To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised
to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent in (Manchester
England) with the information below:
Name: Dr. Frank Wood
E-mail: agent-franood@excite.com
Tel: +44 70111 28823
Fax: +44-8712-392-112
Note that all winning must be claimed not later than the 24th of
April 2007. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the
next stake. Also note that in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch
number in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change
of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Once again congratulations!!!
Best Regards,
Willy Mesmer
Sr. Mgr. Games
Note: Do not reply to this office, contact your claims agent
immediately.
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