Sample Scams Emails Involving the Irish National Lottery
How to
Recognize Them and What To Do If You Receive One
"The Irish Lottery Board sweepstakes programme" Scam
Below is a scam email, supposedly from the Irish Lottery Board, received in February 2007. We've
highlighted some of the obvious
clues that it is a fraud. Notice the the use of free yahoo email accounts (not likely for a professional
lottery!), gibberish phrases, many typos and misspellings, the selection
by a "computer draw system" of random email balloting, so nobody buys a
ticket (NO lottery does this!) and other nonsense.
See this page for much more
information.
Received February 9, 2007
The Irish Lottery
P O Box 1010
11 G Lower Dorset Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
04/02/2007.
Dear winner,
This mail is to bring to your notice that your email emerged as one of our
winning email address in our just concluded Irish Lottery Board sweepstakes
programme that made you automatically a winner of the sum of £475,318 (Four
Hundred and seventy five thousand, three hundred and eighteen pounds sterling)
and the money which is equivalent to ($917,602.32 USD).
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your coupon. In view of this,
your £475,318 (Four Hundred and seventy five thousand, three hundred and
eighteen pounds sterling) will be released to you by any of our payment offices
in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him or her.
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!!!
To file for your claim, please contact our Claims Agent and fill the payment
processing form and send it to our claims agent immediately.
MRS. LEILA GREEN
Email:
customerinteractivecentreirish@yahoo.ie
PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM
1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________ 6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
10.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________
11. COUNTRY________________________________
Yours faithfully,
SIR. ALAN CLARKSON
Phone :+44701112 8652
+447031899348
Fax :+4470757077.
Online coordinator for THE IRISH LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
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