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Lottery Scam Email:
Electronic Email Lottery (Pty) London
"Mr. Edwin Jones", "Mr. Mark Andreson"
Have you received an email from "Mr. Edwin Jones" at "Electronic Email Lottery (Pty) London" telling you that "your
email address won in the second category" or something similar, and to
contact "Mr. Mark Andreson" to collect your winnings? It is a
scam. No legitimate, legal lottery notifies winners via email (see footnote) The scammers may
change the names and details, but it is still a scam!
Below is another example of a fake lottery; this email claims to
be from the "Electronic Email Lottery (Pty) London".
Although the most important clue is that no legitimate
lottery will ever email a winner, there are many other signs that this is a fraud.
We have
highlighted some of these in the email below, not the least
of which are:
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Email address ballot: There is no such thing as a
"computer ballot system" or "computer email draw". No one, not even
Microsoft has a database of email addresses of the type or magnitude they
suggest.
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Terrible spelling, punctuation, syntax and grammar - Scammers
apparently don't know how to use spell checkers. We assume they
dropped out of school before that class. They use almost excessive and random CapItaLiZAtion.
They often can't even spell "February" or know that "22th" ought to
be "22nd". These scammers usually write at the 3rd grade level.
Being non-native English speakers, they also often get first names and
surnames (last names reversed), so you will frequently see names like "Mr.
SMITH JAMES.", instead of "Mr. James Smith", along with the peculiar usage
of periods (full stops) and spaces or the lack thereof. Real lotteries also proofread their emails
and look and read more professional.
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Using free email account: The scammer is writing to
you from a FREE email account (Yahoo, Hotmail, Excite, AIM, Gmail, etc.). Don't you think a real organization
would use it's own email, it's own domain and website?
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Keep Confidential - Real lotteries THRIVE on
publicity - they don't want you to keep anything secret - the publicity
causes people to buy more tickets. there is NO risk of "double claiming"
because they can validate where the ticket numbers were sold. The scammer
want you to keep quiet because they don't want the police or
ConsumerFraudreporting to hear about them! It should read: "For our own security, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential until we have
finished scamming you!"
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Email notification: NO REAL LOTTERY SENDS AN EMAIL TO
NOTIFY WINNERS. Period. Full-stop. End of story. There mere fact
ALONE that you received an email saying you won a lottery is proof that it
is a scam.
Here is a typical scam lottery winning notification.
Actual scam email (One example - the scammers constantly change
names, dates and addresses!):
From: londonoffice46 london < londonoffice46@web.de > wrote:
ELECTRONIC
EMAIL LOTTERY (PTY) LONDON.
From: Mr. Edwin Jones.
Electronic Email Lottery
(Pty) London.
Headquarters: No: 204 Vits Street Opp City Complex.
United Kingdom.
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914
Ref: FLS-ZR39-825P-4.
Batch: 74-263-BBN.
WINNING
NOTIFICATION
Dear:Sir./Madam,
We happily announce to you
the computer draw of the Electronic Email Lottery (Pty)
International programs held on the 8th April 2007 in United
Kingdom.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
100-309-7482 with! Serial number 513-10 drew the winning: 2
,9,22,23,24,30,+5, which subsequently won you the lottery in the
2nd category.
simthadam31@hotmail.co.uk
You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of US$1,950,000.00 (One Million
Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash
credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash
prize of US $13,650,000.00 Million dollars, shared amongst the
Seven luckywinners in the second category world-wide. Please
note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro
booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your
play coupon. In view of this, your US$1,950,000.00 (One Million
Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) would be
released to you by First National Bank of South Africa.
Our African agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of
your funds as soon as you contact him.
All participants were
selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer
draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies. This
promotion takes place annually.
For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential till your
claims 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 by some unscrupulous elements. Please be
warned. To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding
agent in South Africa immediately you read this message for
quick and urgent release of your fund, contact information is
as follows: -
Please be informed that
you must contact your claim agent in South Africa on or
before 8th May 2007. To avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any
correspondences with our designated agents or us.
Congratulations once more
from all members and staffs of this program t hat has
successfully won this competition. Thank you for being part of
our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Mr. Edwin Jones.
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.
Sweepstakes International
Program.
Copyright ?1994-2005 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines
Names of Scam / Fake / Fraud Lottery
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