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Lottery Scam Email:
INTER - LOTTO INC
"Christine Mcleonard", "MR. GARY COLE"
Have you received an email from "Christine Mcleonard" at "INTER - LOTTO INC" telling you that "your
email address won in the second category" or something similar, and to
contact "MR. GARY COLE" 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 the example of the fake lottery scam claiming to
be from the "INTER - LOTTO INC".
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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"No tickets were sold": You care to explain where the
money comes from? Perhaps the lottery money fairy? Why would a lottery
give away money to "email address randomly selected by a computer ballot
draw system"? This is CLEARLY nonsense: you MUST, repeat MUST buy a
ticket to have a chance of winning any lottery!
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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.
Names are usually in all capital letters for some reason known only to these
illiterate criminals. 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: INTER-LOTTO INC [
interlotto901@earthlink.net ]
Date of Notification: 22-01-2008
Ref: 4758961725
Batch: ALLINC 70564943902/188
Winning NO: FGNGB2701/LPRC
Attn: Winner,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on
22nd of January 2008 from the INTER - LOTTO INC promo program, which is fully
based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses. Your
e-mail was attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902, serial number
7741137002; this batch draws the lucky numbers as follows: 5-13-33-37-42 Bonus
number 17, which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby
have been approved a lump sum pay of 1,000,000.00 USD (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS) in cash, credit file Ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of
8 million us dollars, shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.
All
participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine
hundred thousand e-mail addresses from North America, South America, Asia,
Europe, Middle East and Oceania as part of our International promotions program
which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a
conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social
responsibility to the citizens In the communities where they have operational
base. your prize of 1,000,000.00 USD, will be processed by our Claims agent.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiduciary
claims agent, MR. GARY COLE, HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS:
garycole@inter-lotto.org to file for your claim. Please quote your
reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of
this notification. This informations will help us locate your file easily. for
security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential
from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.
Note: Inability to claim price, due to lack of paper
work, will warrant your winning money to be sent to charity
Congratulations once again on your winnings!
Best Regards,
Christine Mcleonard
Executive Co-ordinator
INTER - LOTTO INC
COPYRIGHT ® 2008 ALL RIGHT RESERVED
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