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Lottery Scam Email:
FLASH FORTUNE LOTTERY CONSULTING
"Brian Hunt", "Said Sithole"
Have you received an email from "Brian Hunt" at "FLASH FORTUNE LOTTERY CONSULTING" telling you that "your
email address won in the second category" or something similar, and to
contact "Said Sithole" 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 "FLASH FORTUNE LOTTERY CONSULTING".
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:
-
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.
-
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 its own email, its 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!
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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: LOTTO MANAGER <
flashfortune2010za69@hotmail.com
>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:11:43 AM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR WINNING
FLASH FORTUNE LOTTERY
CONSULTING
Company Reg No:
2004/079414/23
Universal
Building,132-133
Park Hurst,Balfour-Unit
1440
JOHANNESBURG,GAUTENG
2001
SOUTH AFRICA
IN CONJUNCTION
WITH
SOUTH AFRICA
2010
WORLDCUP LOCAL
ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE
INTERACTIVE 2010 LOTTERY DRAW NOTICE
BATCH NUMBER: 13/26DC/36
OUR REF: SANL/2001/WCL2010/JHB
Announcement made on Wednesday the 3rd
day Of Nov. 2006 (South Africa
Local Time 10:25 am)
We happily announce to you the Flash
Fortune Lottery Consulting (FFLC) in
Conjunction with the Local
Organizing Committee of South
African 2010 World cup Bid lottery
Award International online programs
held in Zurich, Switzerland.
Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number: (B9665
75604546 199) with ! Serial number
(97560) Drew the winning number:
(6/8/10/19/30/42), and Insurance
number (OMIC/FFLC/SANL2010/543/2006)
which subsequently on the lottery
award in the 2nd category from a
computer ballot system drawn
in favour of 200 personal and
cooperate email address from the
entire continent, ranging from
Africa, America, Asia, Australia,
Canada, Middle East and the rest of
the World as part of our Electronic
Lottery to uplift the standard level
of the 2010 World-Cup Tournament.
Your email address have
therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of US$2,000,000.00
(Two Million United States Dollars)
credited to the file Number (KPC/9030108308/03) in
this 3nd Category world-wide.
Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our lottery
booklet representative office in
South Africa as indicate in the play
coupon. In view of the above, your
U.S ($2,000,000.00 Two Million
United States Dollars) was insured
with Kings Insurance Security
Company (pty)LTD for security
reasons. Also your claim included
with free flight ticket and one
month hotel reservation in one of
the five star hotel strickly during
the 2010 World Cup Tournament.
All participants were selected
randomly from World Wide Web through
computer ballot draw system and
extracted from over (100,000,00)
companies and individual emails
address. The lottery programe took
place in Zurich, Switzerland
aimed to promote South Africa (2010
world Cup as South Africa is the
First African Nations to host the
biggest tournament come the year
2010.
AGREEMENT:
It is
hereby agreed by
the Interactive Flash
Fortune Lottery Consulting (IFFLC) and
the local Organizing Committee
(LOC) of the 2010 World Cup, that
the winning
informations written above
are the original information as
was selected by the
electronic system on 3rd Day of May
2006, and it has also been agreed
that the
winnier whose winning
information has been sent to, will
be paid his/her winning sum of
US$2,000,000.00 without fail.
To file for your claim, please contact
your claim agent immediately, you read
this message for quick and urgent
release of your fund, his conatct
information are as follows!!!
CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT FOR
FOLLOW UP OF YOUR CLAIM
Mr. Said Sithole.
Contact address:
27 Edinvel RD, Off Kepton Building,
P.o.Box 333 Edinvel Town
Johannesburg RSA.
TEL: +27 78 588 1015
FILL AND SUBMIT TO THE FIDUCIARY
AGENT FOR FOLLOW UP
Provide him with the information
below:
1.Name:.................................................
2.Address:.............................................
3.Marital
Status:..................................
4.Occupation:........................................
5.Age:....................................................
6.Sex:.....................................................
7.Nationality:.........................................
8.Residence:..........................................
9.Telephone
Number:...........................
10.Fax
Number:....................................
11. Winning
Number:............................
12. Ref
Number:...................................
13.Serial
Number:................................
14. Amount
Worn:................................
15. Batch
Number:..............................
16. Insurance
Number:......................
Please keep
this form confidential from public to
avoid double claiming and contradition
over the receiving of your fund. Very
important, Lottery rules says that you
must be 16 years and above to be able to
claim a prize. This is our pre-cautionar
measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program .
Thank you for being part of our
promotional lottery program.
Signed: President Nelson Mandela
(chairman)
Molefi OLIPHANT (President)
Chief Operations Officer
Albert MOKOENA
Chief Executive Officer
Danny JORDAAN.
Online Co-ordinators.
MR.BRIAN HUNT
MRS. MISHEL ZUNET
MR. GREG KHUL
N.B/Call our fiduciary agent for
your cliam, do not miss this
oppotunity.
Thank you for your co-operation
Robert Mboma
CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE
MEMBERS AND STAFF OF
INTERACTIVE LOTTERY CONSULTING &
THE SOLE COORDINATORS SOUTH
AFRICA NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Brian Hunt.
Online coordinator for ILGC
LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International
Program.
NATIONAL LOTTERY.
MR. GREG
KHUL
MR.BRIAN HUNT
MRS. MISHEL
ZUNET
Online Co-ordinators.
OUR
EXECUTIVES:
Dr. P. Swier (CEO),
Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager
Foreign Operations),
Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden
(PhD) (Manager Domestic
Banking Operations), Mr. Sue
Bernard (PhD) (Director
International Credit
Department), Mrs. Lonni K Moteni
(Legal Representative),
Mrs. Lyudmyla
chukoma(Regional Manager),
Mr. Stephen Ndelela
(Chairman), Mrs. Christina
Moroka(International
Relation Officer).
Copyright
© 1994-2006 The South
Africa National Lottery
Inc.
All rights reserved.
Terms of Service -
Guideline
N/B:
Any breach of confidentiality on
the part of the winners will
result to disqualification.
Please do not reply to this
mailbox herein, kindly contact
your DPU Information Officer
Mr. Said Sitho;e.
In accordance with the UNIVERSAL
STAKES LOTTERY E-games policy
and regulations, this
notification is dispatched
directly to only the lucky
consultations prize Winners.
This notification also contains
information that is proprietary,
privileged or confidential or
otherwise legally exempt from
disclosure. If you are not the
right recipient whose email
address attached to the lucky
numbers along with the winning
information’s you are not
authorized to read, print,
retain, copy or disseminate this
notice or any part of it.
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