Scambusters, Preventing Internet Scams & Phishing Attempts

This blog is dedicated to help preventing internet fraud and internet scams. Scambusters was a radio show I started in Albany Oregon, but due to defaulted payment by the radio station we took the show offline. Regardless of this issue we still wish to help prevent internet fraud and save people from internet loss. I have been interviewed and featured in various publications such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times & Daily News, The London Times & AARP Newsletters. Please watch this blog for latest tips and tricks and scams to avoid.

Showing posts with label lottery scam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lottery scam. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

FW: CONGRATULATION! - EUROMILLION-LOTTO NETHERLAND - SCAM

I did not risk opening the two attachments that came with this email. I could be harmless but it could be a virus or Trojan, was not taking the chance. They were winner forms and documents that came in .doc format. I urge people to NOT open any attachment from anyone that they were not expecting, even if it seems like family. Email them back and say “Did you send me the following attachment” and make sure it was intentional and not someone that hacked or spoofed their account.

Oh and of course the email / winning notice below is complete “horse hockey”

From: office [mailto:euro_million@hotmail.de]
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 1:45 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: CONGRATULATION!

EUROMILLION-LOTTO NETHERLAND
MARCONYPLAIN 40,
3068DV, AMSTERDAM.
NETHERLAND
CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU ARE AMONG THIS YEARS WINNER
We are please to inform You of this year's SWEEPSTAKE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGREMME and you have been awarded the sum of 815,950. Euros in the EUROMILLION-LOTTO Satellite Software email lottery, held on the 19th NOVEMBER 2010 in which your e-mail addresses was picked randomly by a system Software
your email address was amongst those chosen this year for the EUROMILLION-LOTTO Satellite lottery. And this promotional program is proudly sponsored by the ROYAL SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY . Due to the mix up of numbers ,emails and names, the results were later released on the
29th NOV, 2010. Your email was entered as an alternative number attached to Reference Number: MAIL/0999/171 with, Batch number: EGS/1983-022 drew the lucky
numbers 9-13-21-30-31-44, which consequently won the lottery , in the "3rd" Category. You have therefore been approved the lump sum pay
out of 815,950 Euros. (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EUROS)in cash credited to file REF.NO: MAIL/0999/171.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European Booklet representative. In View of this, your winning prize will be released to you by our fiduciary agent located In the Netherlands .please open for the attactment sent to you, and fill the information sent to you
Name........................
Sex..............................
Address...................
Telephone number.....................
And send to................... euromillionlotto@dutchmail.com
you are advised to keep your winning details confidential till your claims is processed and your winning funds 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 by some unscrupulous persons.
Sincerely,
D J MARIO
President online games
EUROMILLION-LOTTO NETHERLAND
MARCONYPLAIN 40,
3068DV, AMSTERDAM.
NETHERLAND

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".

Original > Return-path:

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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.

****************************************************************
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

Thursday, November 27, 2008

YOU JUST WON THE CANADIAN LOTTERY === SCAM

One would think if they had all this money to give away they could afford a domain and a real email address, not a free hotmail one. We know all real companies use hotmail for their secure communication.

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REFERENCE NUMBER EAAL/9080118308/04.
WINNING NUMBER : 2 6 20 23 38 45 Bonus 24
BATCH NUMBERS : B9564 7560 4545 100

To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed claims agent below as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings with your full below details

REV.CANE SHAWS
TEL: +2348037560976
Email: revcane.shawscana2008@hotmail.com

1) Your Full Name:
2) Contact Address:
3) Tel/Mobile Number:
4) Occupation:
5) Sex:
6) Age:
7) Nationality

Note: Any prize not claimed on or before 15days from the date of draw will have his or her prize forfeited and terminated.

Congratulations once again from all our staff.

Mrs Anna Edward

Secretary

AGENT: MARTIN FREEMAN UK Lottery Powerball Win Scam

I gladly inform you this is a scam!

1m Euro's, wow.. can get a couple tanks of petrol :)

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We gladly inform you that your e-mail just won One Million(1,000 000 )euro in the POWERBALL LOTTERY program organized in the UNITED KINGDOM.

NAME OF AGENT: MARTIN FREEMAN
CITY/ COUNTRY: LONDON, ENGLAND
EMAIL: martin.freeman3@live.com
TELEPHONE: +447031916239

Sincerely,
John Rumford
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.

Obama Charity Win Scam - Barack Obama-Organization

As with the lottery scams, this one is 100% the same except it is using the Obama Campaign as the paying source.

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Barack Obama-Organization, Iowa
London/Germany Extension Office
Foreign Relations Committee
Address:20 Bedford Row
London WC1R 4JH, England.

Revised Oct. 10, 2008
OBAMA FOR AMERICA:
This electronic mail is to inform you that you have won the sum of £500,000.00 [FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING (GBP)] in the just concluded UK/Germany Barack Obama campaign [CHARITY] extension network held in London.

The result of our computer draw (#978) selected your email address attached to:
Voters Card Number: 58775600545
Serial Number : 3168/10
Batch Number: 074/05/BO457
Reference Number: Dem/2008/11781/

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000.00 [FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING (GBP)] in cash credited to file KTU/8823118308/07. Participants were selected through a computer e-mail ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, Middle-East and parts of Africa as part of our international charity program conducted to encourage the supporters of President Barack Obama — Democrat Barack Obama.

Contact the remittance department below to process/forward your prize to you.
***************************************
Name: Mr. Mark Belvin
Contact E-mail: obamaextention1@live.com
***************************************
Please provide him with the below information for verification:
E -ticket Number: 58775600545
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Full Names:
Address:
Date of Birth:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Marital Status:
Age:
Occupation:

Note that, all claims process and clearance procedures must be kept confidential until your winning funds is transferred to you and duly completed early to avoid impersonation or double claiming. All claims should be made before 4th NOV. 2008 [United States presidential election of 2008]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Truly Yours,

Mr. David Plouffe,
CAMPAIGN MANAGER,
BARACK OBAMA CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
Copyright ©, 2008 UK/GERMANY BARACK OBAMA ORGANIZATION INC.
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com
Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1814 - Release Date: 11/27/2008 9:02 AM

Award Scam Mrs T. Groenwoud AWARD WINNER_URGENT RESPONSE

We have covered international Lottery scams on many occasions, this is no different, there are no international lotteries, there are no drawing, there are no anon winners, this is 100% fraud and you will be asked to either send the taxes in advance or cash a check and wire the taxes, either way you will lose money out of your account.

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AWARD WINNER_URGENT RESPONSE
Koningin Julianaplein 21, 2391 BD
Denhaag, The Netherlands
(Award affiliate with Subscriber Agents).
From: Mrs T. Groenwoud (Award Co-ordinator)
website: www.lotto.nl


The gaming board (LOTTO.NL) is pleased to inform you of the result of the online award program held on the the 6th of October 2008. Your E-mail address attached to NL number # 2972117 and online number # 1453128, was awarded the sum of $1,500,000.00 US Dollars. This program is organized to promote special internet products like online banking etc.


This draws was conducted formally and winners were selected through a special internet ballot system from 40,000 individuals and companies E-mail addresses.


To avoid double claim you are strictly advised to keep your winning numbers confidential. Details on how to transfer your award to you will be given when you contact the paying bank. For immediate release of your winnings please complete the form below and send it to the E-mail address of the paying bank stated below:


*************************************************************
(i) Name:
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers :
(iii) Contact Address :
(iv) Winning numbers (NL number # 2972117, online number # 1453128)
(v) Awarded amount; $1,500,000.00 US Dollars
(Vi) Awarded E-mail address
(vii) Notification date: 9th of October, 2008
*************************************************************


Contact person: Online Account officer
E-mail: direktbnkn_nl03@live.nl
Tel: Tel: +31 644 084 302
Calling hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00am-4:00pm


NOTE: If English is not your first language and you have problems understanding this e-mail, please visit this website(http://babelfish.altavista.com/), you will be able to translate this mail in several other languages.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Beijing 2008 Olympic Lottery SCAM

Ending today's post with a fake lottery scam, but of course a new twist the Beijing 2008 Lottery Scam.. next up is "Guess the real ages of the Chinese gymnast lottery" both impossible to win and both FAKE

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PROMOTIONS HEADQUATERS
Beijing 2008 Olympic Lottery
BHP Billiton Plc, Neathouse Place
Victoria London SW1V 1BH
United Kingdom

ATTENTION: e-Mail Recipient Only,

We happily announce to you Results of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Lottery, online Sweepstake international program held 6th August 2008. Your e-mail address attached to winning ticket number: 75600567 with serial number 2168/008. We wish to congratulate you over your success in our computer balloting sweepstake .This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses were used, as 250,000 email addresses where drawn from all continents of the world. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users and fans of sports; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for the lottery game.

However, your email address was attached to winning ticket number 75600567 with serial number 2168/008 . which eventually won the lottery in the first category of the draws. Therefore, you have won a lottery jackpot prize awards of £750,289.00 GBP and a free ticket to watch the finals.

This is from total prize money of £3,444,023 distributed to winners from 1st to 3rd categories. Note that this program and The Olympic was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of philanthropist, industrialists from the internet hardware industry and some other big multinational firms in China e.g Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Co. Ltd, Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd, Beijing Yanjing Brewery Co. Ltd.

To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact your claims officer through our accredited Prize Transfer agents in United Kingdom as stated below:

Claims Agent
Processing Agent: Mr. Vincent Walker
Email: agentvincentwalker08@yahoo.com
Phone: +44 702 407 0755

When contacting the agent, please provide him with your winning ticket
number: 75600567 with serial number 2168/008.You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as soon as possible:

CLAIMS REQURIEMENTS:
1.Name in full :
2.Address :
3.Nationality :
4.Age :
5.Sex :
6.Occupation:
7.Phone/Fax:
8.Present Country:

If you do not contact your claims agent within 7 working days of this notification,your winnings would be revoked. Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.

CONGRATULATIONS !!! At your disposal, we remain.

Very Truly Yours
Mr. Hong Lu
Notification Officer.
BHP Billiton (UK) Plc

DAYZERS LOTERIJ NL - SCAM / FRAUD

Simple.. you wire them the taxes for your win and you ________(nothing) that is it, you wire them money and you lose money, short story.

Remember Dayzers is real, however the people emailing you are not from Dayzers, they are using them as redirection back to their emails

Email: ganzgrossint@aim.com
ganzgrossint@myway.com

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THE PROMOTION CO-ORDINATOR OF DAYZERS LOTERIJ NL
Official Website: www.dayzers.nl

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer balloting sweepstake held on 8th of July, 2008. This is a scientific computer game in which email addresses were used selected from the internet online. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users in all over the World. Your e-mail address attached to Ticket number; GAN/231589763334 with serial numbers GAN/UYH667898365, Batch Number GAN/2KU7876535425/JK, Reference Number GAN/8712098323 and

Drew from lucky numbers 765-998-923-983-897 which consequently won in the 2nd category. You have been approved for a lump sum pay out of US $ 1,000,000.00 by the DAYZERS LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL COMPANY in conjunction with Microsoft Co-operation, Payable in cash credited to security file numbers; GAN/POLK87653456545/KJ at the Netherlands Payment Bank.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Due to the mix up of some numbers and email addresses, we ask that you Keep your winning information's confidential until your claim has been processed and your winning fund remitted into your provided bank account as the authorized legal beneficiary. This is part of our security protocols to avoid unwarranted abuse of this Program by some participants. This compensational program was sponsored by Microsoft Co-operation and William Henry Gates III and His Giant cofounder of the Microsoft Corporation, holds 30.7 percent of its stock making him one of the richest people in the United States and the world in general. Microsoft had help people and Businesses by providing affordable, reliable and convenient payment services and software in the world today and we have invested US$2.5b into software, hardware, computers and a simple to use interface. Dayzers NL was Founded in 1726 and one of the oldest lotteries in the world. On February 3rd, 2003, in an endorsement of its work for refugees worldwide, UNHCR has received 1 million euros in donation from the Netherlands Dayzers Company. It is a great opportunity to anyone looking to increase sales through email marketing! So you can realize your dream of financial independence. Note that all winners were selected through a computer ballot-system drawn from over 850,000,000 companies and personal email addresses from all over the world online of which three (3) where selected at random as winners in different categories. Please contact the Clearance Department for your claim:

Mrs.Maris Godman,
For Dr. Jabez Jan van (Director of operations).
(clearance/administration consultants in the Netherlands)
GANZGROSS INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AUTHORITY.
TEL: +31-610-698-903, Fax: +31-847-301-110
Email: ganzgrossint@aim.com
ganzgrossint@myway.com

Remember, all winnings must be claim not later than 29th of July, 2008. After this date, all unclaimed Funds will be transfer to the International Debt Payment Reconciliation Unit in the Literary Fund. The Literary Fund is used solely for educational purposes, such as school construction, renovation, and teacher retirement funding. Please note that in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to always quote your Reference numbers in all your correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your contact address or information's about you, do inform our clearance Agency immediately to avoid disqualification of winnings.

Congratulations once again from all the members of our staff.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Mrs. Y.R.C. (Yvonne) van Oort. (Lottery Director)

De Nederlandse Dayzers International.

Paleisstraat 5 2514 JA Den Haag

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Fake Microsoft Scam Fake Fraud Email - Lottery / Sweepstakes

One massive run on fake / scam email. One of the longest running scams / hoaxes on the internet a "email sweepstakes"

Bad formed email, typos like (6) Your Preffered (preferred) and just the lunacy of believing that MS is sending people money is reason enough to run.

My favorite is although this is a Microsoft Contest, the email comes from MICROSOFT SECURITY DEPARTMENT (UK). [browniejames@yahoo.com] a Yahoo email address. Right!

Avoid at all cost.


Microsoft Corporations: Customer Service Wrights Lane, Kensington London W85SP, England UNITED KINGDOM FILE REF: HL/5564/06/07/MICS BATCH: MC11/834/5PDH /EU OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION. It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft, in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products, (F.P.S.) held this may 2008,in London UK. Where in your email address emerged as one of the online Winning emails in the 2nd category and therefore attracted a cash award of £650.000.00 (six Hundred and Fifty Thousand pounds sterling) Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning prizes accordingly in each category. They are arranged in this format below: These are your identification numbers:MCS-26799/097 CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES 1st. 2 £ 850,000.00 pounds each 2nd. 8 £ 650.000.00 pounds each 3rd. 13 £ 250,000.00 pounds each 4th. 27 £ 170,000.00 pounds each We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you. It is important to note that your award information was released with the following particulars attached to it. (1) Award numbers: NL 56/7766 (2) Email ticket numbers: EAASL-130877 (3) Batch numbers: MC11/834/8PDH /EU (4) The file reference numbers: HL/5574/41/07/MICS {5} Serial Numbers: McST/006/NL46560 For verification purpose be sure to include note that you ar to include all the data below when contacting the payment transfer manager, (1) Your contact address. (2) Your Tel/Fax numbers. (3) Your Nationality/Country. {4} Your Full Names. (5) Occupation. (6) Your Preffered Method Of Receiving Your Price(From Below) Mode Of Price Remittance. (1)Cash Pick-Up (You coming Down to Uk Personally to Pick Your Price). (2)Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other Winning Documents safely to you. To file for your claim, Please contact your Validating Officer for VALIDATION of your winning within Twenty-nine working days of this winning notification. Winnings that are not validated within Twenty-nine working days of winning notification are termed void and invalid. You are required to mention the above particulars of your award in every correspondence to enable the Agent validate your winning. CONTACT: FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER MR BROWNIE JAMES. MICROSOFT SECURITY DEPARTMENT (UK). MOBILE +44 704 576 5467 E-mail:browniejames@yahoo.com The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our CEO/Chairman, Bill Gates and a consortium of software promotion companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and other International Companies. The Microsoft internet E-mail draw is held periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and promote computer literacy worldwide. Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS! Sincerely, MRS. JUNE WALTER. M.S.PRO. ZONAL COORDINATOR.

U.K ONLINE LOTTERY Internet Scam / email Scam

There are dozens of lottery scams, I have written about many of them below, so not much more I can say except avoid!

The return path for this scam is: Return-path:

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U.K ONLINE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England

(Customer Services)
FINAL NOTIFICATION

ATTENTION: WINNER

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of #500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand (British
Pounds) held on the 1St of June,2008 in London UK. The selection process was carried out through random selection in Our computerized email selection system (ess) from a database of over 21,000 e-mail addresses drawn from which you were selected.

Contact our fiduciary agent for claims with:

Name:Mr.Scott Campbell
Email:processing_unit_02@live.com
Tell: +44 702 401 4563
+44 703 194 8289

TICKET NO: 8603775966738
REF NO: UK 200-26937
BATCH NO: 2007MJL-01

Fill the below:
1. Name: 2.Address . 3. Marital Status: 4. Occupation: 5. Age:
6. Sex: 7. Nationality: 8. Country of Residence: 9. Telephone Number:


Congratulation!!
Sincerely,Publish Post
Mrs.Anna Marthin
U.K ONLINE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

AUSTRALIA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL - SCAM

What a month for lottery scams, they never end, just dozens and dozens a month, different countries, different stories, but esentially all the same. Give us a ton of your info, send us money for the processing fee or taxes (or cash a bad check and wire the the funds) and then we will send you nothing, keep your money and maybe steal your ID. STAY AWAY FROM LOTTERY SCAMS.

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AUSTRALIA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

REF Nº:575061725
BATCH Nº:8056490902/188
WINNING NOS:KB8701/LPRC
25/6/2008

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE
CONGRATULATIONS!


National Australian Lottery Incorprated wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Australia held on 31th MAY 2008. Your email account have been picked as a winner of ($200,000) TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY.

All email addresses were selected through a computer ballot system in which your email address was selected as one of the lucky winners. Your lucky number is:- .and bonus ball number .
Be adviced to keep your winning information confidential {VERY SECRET} until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by fraudulent and scammers.
All winning must be claimed not later than 29/JULY/2008. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to australia as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.
You are therefore advised to contact your claim OFFICER in our regional branch in LONDON


THOMAS ALFRED
claims_agent_thomas@yahoo.com
+447031891405
for the processing of your winning immediately.
Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users program.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative office in Amsterdam,Holland,as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of (US$200,000) will be released to you from the regional branch office in LONDON.
We hope with part of your prize,you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact your claims agent,THOMAS ALFRED
email....(claims_agent_thomas@yahoo.com)
to file for your claim .



Please quote your reference,batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name,
address and telephone number to help locate your file easily.For security reasons,
we advice all winners to keep this information confidential(VERY SECRET) from the public until your claim is processed and your prize money remitted/released to you.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements,equally to guard against nonparticipant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of this programme.

Note that,all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME(ON OR BEFORE 29th OF JULY 2008);otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip sweepstakes.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

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Return-path: <lotto.sponsors008@unimail.mn>

DE CASINO OESINE - International Lottery Scam

Another typical lottery scam. Of course all major lottery companies do their business online and use @gmail.com addresses to assure authenticity. What a clear and bad scam. Avoid all online lottery scams at all costs.

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Your email address have won you ($800.000) Dollars in DE CASINO OESINE INT S.L EURO MILLION PROMOTION To claim your winning fund, contact your assigned claim agent: Mr.Mikel Lukas on the contact details below:
E:mail: mr.mikellukas@gmail.com
Tel: +34-626-606-929
Fax: +34-911-414-227
Please note these information: (1) Ticket Nr: 6460DGH-----(2)Sr Nr: 0909AOB09
Regards.
Ms.Walter Jones
Ms.Walter Jones

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CANADIAN LOTTERY - Scam - Lottolore.com

Although Lottolore is a real site, this email is not. Even directly from the Lottolore website it states clearly that they never email anyone about winnings, there are no emails, no contests, no international lottery. Totally a scam to get information, steal ID's and steal your money.

plus what does INCOPERATION mean? In cooperation? inc., Operation? Dont' know, not even a good try!

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CANADIAN LOTTERY INCOPERATION.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!!
(LOTTO LORE)http://www.lottolore.com/
CANANDIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

This form is valid for only those who have won the CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY. Fill in the required fields in the space provided below. No field should be left blank, because your particulars are needed for record purposes.

NOTE : IT IS REQUIRED YOU CLICK THE REPLY BUTTON BEFORE FILLING OUT THIS FORM, AS ALL INPUTED DATA MAY BE LOST UPON OUR RECEPTION. IN THE EVENT THAT YOUR BROWSER SETTING DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM e.g html program, YOU ARE TO SEND THE REQUIRED DATA IN PLAIN TEXT FORMAT.tttt


Please fill in the appropriate information in the space below:
WINNER'S APPLICATION FORM FOR PAYMENT.
WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA
First Name.: [ ]*
Middle Name.: [ ]
Last Name.: [ ]*

Gender.: [ \/]

Month Of Birth.: [ \/] Day: [ \/] Year: [ ]

Marital Status.: [ \/]
Nationality.: [ ]*
Religion.: [ ]
Occupation.: [ ]

Address 1.: [ ]*
Address 2.: [ ]
City.: [ ]*
State/Province.: [ ]*
Zip Code.: [ ] *

Mobile phone No.: [ ]*
House Phone No.: [ ]*
Fax No.: [ ]
Email Address.: [ ]* eg. username@domainname.com


CAREFULLY ADHERE TO THE REQUIRED INFORMATION BELOW TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT:- PARKASH ROAN
Contact e-mail: parkashroan@ymail.com
Contact Phone: +60142643827
23 bukit Jalan,kuala lumpur,

ANNOUNCER,

VERONICA LEE.
DIRECTOR,
CANADIAN LOTTERY INC 2008,
LOTTOLORE.

Friday, May 16, 2008

Another Microsoft Bogus Email Lotter Scam

Another twist on the Microsoft Lottery Scam (see blog post prior to this one). This one is especially silly as they say they are from Microsoft Corporation, but to reply you need to email a Yahoo Account.

If I won an email lottery, why don't they know my email address?

Do they not read the news.. the MS buyout of Yahoo did not happen, it is not the same company, so MS employees do NOT have Yahoo email addresses.
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Microsoft Corporations:
Customer Service
Wrights Lane,
Kensington London W85SP,
England UNITED KINGDOM
FILE REF: HL/5564/06/07/MICS
BATCH: MC11/834/5PDH /EU


OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION.

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft, in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products, (F.P.S.) held this may 2008,in London UK.

Where in your email address emerged as one of the online Winning emails in the 2nd category and therefore attracted a cash award of £650.000.00 (six Hundred and Fifty Thousand pounds sterling) Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning prizes accordingly in each category. They are arranged in this format below:

These are your identification numbers:MCS-26799/097

CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES
1st. 2 £ 850,000.00 pounds each
2nd. 8 £ 650.000.00 pounds each
3rd. 13 £ 250,000.00 pounds each
4th. 27 £ 170,000.00 pounds each

We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you.

It is important to note that your award information was released with the following particulars attached to it.

(1) Award numbers: NL 56/7766
(2) Email ticket numbers: EAASL-130877
(3) Batch numbers: MC11/834/8PDH /EU
(4) The file reference numbers: HL/5574/41/07/MICS {5} Serial Numbers: McST/006/NL46560

For verification purpose be sure to include note that you ar to include all the data below when contacting the payment transfer manager,
(1) Your contact address.
(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.
(3) Your Nationality/Country.
{4} Your Full Names.
(5) Occupation.
(6) Your Preffered Method Of Receiving Your Price(From Below)

Mode Of Price Remittance.

(1)Cash Pick-Up (You coming Down to Uk Personally to Pick Your Price).

(2)Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other Winning Documents safely to you.

To file for your claim, Please contact your Validating Officer for VALIDATION of your winning within Twenty-nine working days of this winning notification. Winnings that are not validated within Twenty-nine working days of winning notification are termed void and invalid. You are required to mention the above particulars of your award in every correspondence to enable the Agent validate your winning.

CONTACT:

FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER
MR BROWNIE JAMES.
MICROSOFT SECURITY DEPARTMENT (UK).
MOBILE +44 704 576 5467
E-mail:browniejames@yahoo.com
The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our CEO/Chairman, Bill Gates and a consortium of software promotion companies.
The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and other International Companies. The Microsoft internet E-mail draw is held periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and promote computer literacy worldwide.

Once again on behalf of all our staff,

CONGRATULATIONS!

Sincerely,
MRS. JUNE WALTER.
M.S.PRO. ZONAL COORDINATOR.

Twist on Yahoo & Microsoft Email Lottery Scam

What worries me more about this twist on one of the older web scams is the email / domain goes back to someone in the USA. The owner of the email / site is

Domain Name.......... micro-xp-promo.com
Creation Date........ 2008-02-04
Registration Date.... 2008-02-04
Expiry Date.......... 2009-02-04
Organisation Name.... Isak Lamberg
Organisation Address. 175 Willis Avenue, apt 16A
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Bronx
Organisation Address. 10454
Organisation Address. NY
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES


The email award scam I think is the oldest known scam, been around forever with many twists. The rule is simple, not now, not ever, not in a billion years will Microsoft and/or Yahoo or other company give away money in this fashion. They don't have lotteries, they don't have prizes like this.

Avoid this email scam at all cost. You will lose money, no doubt, 100% of the time they will ask you for money for taxes or transfer fees etc.. and you wire the money and lose your money. This one even invites you to fly to the UK to get your money… sad.

---------scam email below----

Yahoo&Microsoft Lottery Incorporation
7 Prauge Palace.Brixton Hill
London SWZ SED.
REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L
Batch: Mcs/989/989/#34


The prestigious Microsoft and Yahoo has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes marking the new year 2008 anniversary, we rolled out over 4,500,000.00 (Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) for our end of year the Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.

You have been approved for lump sums pay out of ?450,000.00 GBP (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling) in cash Credited to file REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L and winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100. Selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 1,000,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. This is to encourage our prominent Microsoft Internet Explorer users all over the world, and for the Continuous use of E-mail.

Your fund (Certified Cashiers Cheque) has been insured with your REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L and winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100. To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims department by email for Processing and remittance of your prize to you.

Mr. Andreas Georgetown.
Email: ag.andreas@micro-xp-promo.com
Foreign Transfer Manager.
Yahoo&Microsoft Lottery Incorporation

You are advised to contact your Foreign Transfer Manager with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and

complications:

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.

1. FULL NAMES:
2. ADDRESS:
3. SEX:
4. AGE:
5. MARITAL STATUS:
6. OCCUPATION:
7. COMPANY NAME:
8. E-MAIL ADDRESS:
9. TELEPHONE NUMBER:
10.STATE:
11.COUNTRY:
12.YOUR PREFERRED METHOD OF RECEIVING YOUR PRIZE (From Below)


Mode Of Prize Remittance.

(1) Cash Pick-Up (You coming Down to United Kingdom Personally to Pick Your Prize).

(2) Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other Winning Documents safely to you.


NOTE: Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your Prize is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification

that may arise from double claim.


Congratulations.

Halam Scott
ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR.