Another scam? The National Lottery, London Thread poster: María Teresa Taylor Oliver
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I've just been contacted through my profile, and received an email from this address: [email protected]
With the subject: "Winning Notification For UK Lottery 2005."
FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Dear Lucky Winner,
RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING
NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to notify you the draw (111) of the UK
NATIONAL
LOTTERY,Online Sweep... See more I've just been contacted through my profile, and received an email from this address: [email protected]
With the subject: "Winning Notification For UK Lottery 2005."
FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Dear Lucky Winner,
RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING
NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to notify you the draw (111) of the UK
NATIONAL
LOTTERY,Online Sweepstakes International Lottery Program
held on 30Th
October, 2005.
(Etc. It's long, I won't copy it all).
Then it says to contact:
Overseas Claims Unit
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Robert Kings
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44-703-186-1163
Fax: +44-709-286-4814
And ends:
At your disposal, we remain.
Very Truly Yours,
John Smith
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
Te: +44-703-192-1413
Fax: +44-709-286-4814
Scammers are getting more creative, apparently :-/ ▲ Collapse
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| It is a scam | Nov 21, 2005 |
I've won that lottery many times.
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| Another 419 scam | Nov 21, 2005 |
Hehe, lucky us, right? ;P
I Googled that email address and got several hits, one of them was this website:
http://www.419baiter.com/_scam_emails/419_emails_07-05_3.html
It sure is a scam, one of the now known "419 Scams", after a Nigerian penal code, it seems.
That website reviews lots of these scams.
Just letti... See more Hehe, lucky us, right? ;P
I Googled that email address and got several hits, one of them was this website:
http://www.419baiter.com/_scam_emails/419_emails_07-05_3.html
It sure is a scam, one of the now known "419 Scams", after a Nigerian penal code, it seems.
That website reviews lots of these scams.
Just letting others know ▲ Collapse
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Scammers are getting more creative, apparently :-/
One might wonder why London-based "John Smith" has a South African e-mail address starting with "thomasking"
That must start alarm bells clanging if nothing else does.
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| I'm richer than Bill Gates | Nov 21, 2005 |
I've won the lottery hundreds of times, in different countries. I also have lots of rich distant relatives who have died and left me money in their will.
Then there are the really creative ones. The ones that mention someone dying in an air crash, and give you a BBC link to an article about a real air crash to try and make it sound more realistic.
I shouldn't really laugh about this, because a lot of people fall for it, which is why they do it. But I really do find it i... See more I've won the lottery hundreds of times, in different countries. I also have lots of rich distant relatives who have died and left me money in their will.
Then there are the really creative ones. The ones that mention someone dying in an air crash, and give you a BBC link to an article about a real air crash to try and make it sound more realistic.
I shouldn't really laugh about this, because a lot of people fall for it, which is why they do it. But I really do find it incredible that people really do fall for it. ▲ Collapse
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Clarisa Moraña 
United States
Local time: 21:21
Member (2002)
English to Spanish
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The same spammer arrived to my email account via my proz profile.
Regards
Clarisa
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Angus Woo
Local time: 10:21
Chinese to English
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Timothy Barton wrote:
I've won the lottery hundreds of times, in different countries. I also have lots of rich distant relatives who have died and left me money in their will.
Then there are the really creative ones. The ones that mention someone dying in an air crash, and give you a BBC link to an article about a real air crash to try and make it sound more realistic.
I shouldn't really laugh about this, because a lot of people fall for it, which is why they do it. But I really do find it incredible that people really do fall for it.
Seriously it is not so funny when you think of all those who fall for it.
The very moment at which such stories become no longer funny is when some people actually start taking such scams seriously. That's why they fall for it.
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