Don’t cash in on the e-Lottery. You didn’t win anything.
This is to announce your emerging as one our lucky winner of our last
category winning held on the 16th of June 2007 with total amount of
630,000.00 GBP. (Six hundred and thirty thousand pounds) only.Payment processing and Funds Release Form:
1. NAME IN FULL:2. ADDRESS:3. AGE:4: SEX 5. OCCUPATION:6. PHONE/FAX: 7.
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE: 8. CURRENT EMAIL ADDRESS.Please fill the form below and contact our validating officer
Global E-Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Mr. Macdanny Cole
Contact E-mail: mrmcdanny_off@yahoo.co.uk
validating_officer@o2.plTel: +44 70457 16877
FAX: +44 707-576-7547Sincerely,
Sir Benson Herbert.
Look familiar? If you’ve been a long time reader here, red flags should be popping up all over the place. This is nothing more than the classic check cashing scam we see so often.
This should be a no-brainer as to why this is a flat out scam, but here are some sure signs to avoid this one at all costs:
- You won a lottery you didn’t enter.
- You won a lottery you didn’t know existed.
- You won a lottery that uses yahoo to handle all of their email.
- You won a lottery from someone who calls themselves ‘Sir Benson Herbert’.
In short, don’t fall for anyone who tried to hand you millions of dollars for nothing unless they show up at your door step with a big novelty check and TV cameras and can prove they work for the Publisher’s Clearing House. Other than that, read Snoskred’s post on fake checks and scambaiting and follow I’ve Tried That to keep up to date on the latest scams.
Thanks to Justin for today’s post inspiration.
[Update by Joe] Which is not to say that Justin fell for this garbage. He sent us the email laughing at the fools who sent it to him. Geez, howcome I never get fun emails like this? Sounds like a job for Franklin McNugget, eh Steve?
What YOU can do
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Here’s another variation. From my inbox today:
I got one of these from the Australian Lottery and have never been to Australia let alone buying a ticket.
Mine was from the ONLINE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY - lucky me!
and this is what it said:
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
TEL :+447045714212
REF Number: EGS/2251256003/02
BATCH Number:14/0017/1PD
WINNER NO 9TH.
Dear Lucky Winner,
AWARD NOTIFICATION
The U.K National Lottery wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Great Britain Draw 1219 Wed 29 Aug 07 and Your email account have been picked as the winner N0 9TH attached to the Cash Prize of the Sum of £350,000.00 ( Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great british Pounds Sterling.) out of the total extimated £4,500,000
This results is now officially released to you Today. Your email address was attached in the A Category lucky ball Lotto Balls
and bonus ball With REF Number EGS/2251256003/02 and BATCH Number:14/0017/1PD consequently won in the Fifth lottery category.to check your results online, Please click on this link below for the verification of your result.
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do
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 ticket 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 Continues use of E-mail.
CLick on the link below to view the past winners of the lottery programme http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/winners/winnersGallery.do
You are advised to keep your winning information confidential 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.
You are demanded to claim your prize money with requirement not later than 30th SEPTEMBER, 2007. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to the European Union Treasury as unclaimed.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence. Simply email the The Claims Processing Department on the email address below or call +447045735712 Withing 48hours of receiving this mail. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and winning numbers in all correspondences with your claims officer. You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot number.(This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained)
HOW TO TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE MONEY
Simply email the The Claims Processing Department on the email address below or call +447045735712 Withing 48hours of receiving this mail. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and winning numbers in all correspondences with your claims officer. You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot number.(This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained)
Email: dr.davidmicheals@yahoo.com
OR
prize.depts@hotmail.com
Phone: +447045735712
Claims Agent/Officer: Dr. David Micheals
Note: Your winning will only be processed *ONLY*if you submit the requested information to the claims processing department.
1. Full name and address………………………..
2. Country of Residence………………………..
3. Nationality……………………………………
4. Tel and fax number…………………………..
5. Occupation……………………………………
6. Your age………………………………………
7. Sex……………………………………………
8. Marital Status…………………………………
Once again, I on behalf of the entire staff of the The U.K National Lottorey hereby Congratulate you for being part of email account users program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Frank Christopher
Executive.(Cordinator.)
TEL: +447045714212
********************************************************************************************************
Important Notice: The UK ONLINE LOTTERY a non governmental organization (NGO) is proudly sponsoredby the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, and Toshiba, Dell computers, Mackintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies.
The UK ONLINE LOTTERY draw is organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million dollars are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide
There are lots of scams but e-lottery from Virtual World Direct is defiantly not one of them. Over 180.000 members from 136 countries can be wrong.
Från: Danielle Carey [mailto:carey.31@wright.edu]
Skickat: den 21 juli 2008 00:20
Ämne: E-Lottery Promotions Draw Results
ATTENTION TO THE RECIPIENT OF THIS EMAIL ID
We are pleased to inform you of the result of our E- Lottery
Promotional Draws, for the benefit of internet users and sponsored by
the group of Microsoft marketers in the European region.. All email
addresses entered for this promotional draws were randomly inputted
from an internet resource database using the Synchronized Random
Selection System (SRSS).
Your email address emerged the winner in the Category “A” and this
qualifies you to be the recipient of the grand prize award sum of
$2,500,000 (Two million, five hundred thousand dollars). The payout of
this cash prize to you will be subject to the final validations and
satisfactory report that you are the bonafide owner of this winning
email address.
The European Gaming Board will facilitate the remittance of your cash
prize, and you are advised to contact our accredited Claims broker to
process the payout of your cash prize.
The contact details of the claims broker is stated below:
Contact: Mr. David Berman
Phone: +31-647-283-937
Email: dav.berman@netbusiness.com or da_berman01@live.nl
You are advised to call the Claims broker for confirmation or provide
the claims broker with a data profile, for a Claims file to be setup
in your name. The following information required to be provided to
your claims broker are:
DATA PROFILE
Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:
Winning Reference Number:
Failure to complete the claims of your cash prize after 14 days of
this notice will result in the revision of award. Hence, you should
commence your claims process immediately, by contacting the claims
broker (Mr. David Berman) who would be guiding you through the Claims
process.
Congratulations on your Winning Prize and we look forward to
completing your payout soon.
Yours Faithfully,
Danielle Carey
Lottery Co-ordinator.
ATTENTION TO THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL ID
This message is to re-notify you of the result of the E- Lottery
Promotional Draws held in July 2008. We have not received a
confirmation of the receipt of the initial notification sent to you,
hence the reason this notification. This lottery promotions is for the
benefit of internet users and sponsored by the group of Microsoft
marketers in the European region.. All email addresses entered for the
promotional draws were randomly inputted from an internet resource
database using the Synchronized Random Selection System (SRSS).
Your winning email address was selected in the Category “A” with
Reference Number TYM-101/8231, and this qualifies you to be the
recipient of the grand prize award sum of $2,500,000 (Two million,
five hundred thousand dollars). The payout of this cash prize to you
will be subject to the final validations and satisfactory report that
you are the bonafide owner of this winning email address.
You are advised to immediately contact our accredited Claims broker to
process the payout of your cash prize.
The contact details of the claims broker is stated below:
Contact: Mr. David Berman
Phone: +31-647-283-937
Email: da_berman01@yahoo.de
You are advised to call the Claims broker for confirmation or provide
the claims broker with a data profile, for a Claims file to be setup
in your name. The following information required to be provided to
your claims broker are:
DATA PROFILE
Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:
Winning Reference Number:
Failure to confirm receipt of this notice to the Claims broker will
result in the revision of award. Hence, you should commence your
claims process immediately, by contacting the claims broker (Mr. David
Berman) who would be guiding you through the Claims process.
Congratulations on your Winning Prize and we look forward to
completing your payout soon.
Yours Faithfully,
Rebecca Weaver
Lottery Co-ordinator.
ATTENTION TO THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL ADDRESS
Dear Internet User, We are pleased to inform you of the result of the E-LOTTERY NL. InternetPromotional Draws. All email addresses entered for this promotional draws wererandomly inputted from an internet resource database using the SynchronizedRandom Selection System (SRSS). Your email address was selected in the Category “A? with Reference Number NL 80OS 9414 Batch Number: 444821545-NL/2008 and Ticket Number: PP 3812 /2008-03,and this qualifies you to be the recipient of the grand prize award sum of$2,500,000 (Two million, five hundred thousand dollars). The payout of this cash prize to you will be subject to the final validationsand satisfactory report that you are the bonafide owner of the winning emailaddress.In line with the governing rules of claim, you are required toestablish contact with your designated claims agent via email or telephone withthe particulars below: Name: Mr. Tony COBBSPhone: +31 647 205 988Email: tzip@yahoo.cn You are advised to call the Claims agent for confirmation or provide thefollowing information for processing the payment of your cash award.DATA PROFILENames:Telephone/Fax number:Nationality:Age:Occupation: Winning Reference Number:Failure to complete the claims of your cash prizeafter 14 days of this notice will result in the revision of award. Hence, youshould commence your claims process immediately, by contacting the claims agent(Mr. Tony COBBS) who would be guiding you through the Claims process. Congratulations on your Winning Prize and we look forward to completing yourpayout soon. Yours Faithfully,Dougherty MildredLottery Co-ordinator. —————————————————————-This message was sent using Manhattan College Webmail.http://www.manhattan.edu
I don’t know if that is real but I am 99% it is not cause it resembles the last persons.
Dear Internet User,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the E-LOTTERY NL. Internet Promotional Draws. All email addresses entered for this promotional draws were randomly inputted from an internet resource database using the Synchronized Random Selection System (SRSS).
Your email address was selected in the Category A with Reference Number NL 80 OS 9414 Batch Number: 444821545-NL/2008 and Ticket Number: PP 3812 /2008-03, and this qualifies you to be the recipient of the grand prize award sum of $2,500,000 (Two million, five hundred thousand dollars).
The payout of this cash prize to you will be subject to the final validations and satisfactory report that you are the bonafide owner of the winning email address.In line with the governing rules of claim, you are required to establish contact with your designated claims agent via email or telephone with the particulars below:
Name: Mr. Tony COBBS
Phone: +31 647 205 988
Email: tzip@yahoo.cn
You are advised to call the Claims agent for confirmation or provide the following information for processing the payment of your cash award.
DATA PROFILE
Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:
Winning Reference Number:Failure to complete the claims of your cash prize after 14 days of this notice will result in the revision of award. Hence, you should commence your claims process immediately, by contacting the claims agent (Mr. Tony COBBS) who would be guiding you through the Claims process.
Congratulations on your Winning Prize and we look forward to completing your payout soon.
Yours Faithfully,
Ellis Denning
Lottery Co-ordinator.
N:B. PLEASE DIRECT YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS tzip@yahoo.cn
In line with the governing rules of claim, you are required to establish
contact with your designated claims agent via email or telephone with the
particulars below:
Name: Mr. David Berman
Phone: +31-647-283-937
Email: da_berman@live.nl
You are advised to call the Claims agent for confirmation or provide the
following information for processing the payment of your cash award.
DATA PROFILE
Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:
Winning Reference Number:
Failure to complete the claims of your cash prize after 14 days of this
notice will result in the revision of award. Hence, you should commence
your claims process immediately, by contacting the claims agent (Mr. David
Berman) who would be guiding you through the Claims process.
Congratulations on your Winning Prize and we look forward to completing
your payout soon.
Yours Faithfully,
Sheena Ellis
Lottery Co-ordinator