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Lottery Scam Email:
Central Bank, Office of the Governor, Tinubu Square, Victoria Island
"Professor Charles"
Have you received an email from "Professor Charles" at "Central Bank, Office of the Governor, Tinubu Square, Victoria Island" telling you that "your
email address won in the second category" or something similar, and to
contact PROF. CHARLES 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 "Central Bank, Office of the Governor, Tinubu Square, Victoria Island".
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: "PROF.CHARLES" <anuka_obi_md@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: GET BACK NOW
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:54:41 +0000
CENTRAL
BANK
TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA
ISLAND
[OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR]
CONTRACT
#: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009,
Swift Code: BPH KPL PK,
A/C#: 32780612669g8
AMOUNT: $15.5 MILLION
ATTN:
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT ALL IS IN YOUR HANDS NOW AND I WANT YOU
TO KNOW THAT I AM WILLING TO WORK AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PAYMENT BANK DRAFT
GETS TO YOU AND TO AVOID ANY PROBLEM.
I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT I CAN PERSONALLY HELP YOU
DELEIEVER IT IF YOU WANT AND
IF YOU DO NOT WANT ME TO DELIVER IT ,YOU CAN USE THE COURIER COMPANY,IF ONLY
YOU CAN PAY THE SUM OF 800$
AS A DELIVERY CHARGES AND OTHER THINGS THAT SHOULD BE PAID FOR AND ONCE YOU
CAN BE ABLE TO PAY
THE MONEY VIA MONEY GRAM OR WESTERN
UNION I WILL MAKE SURE THAT ON MONDAY YOU WILL BE GETTING YOU DRAFT
AS YOU KNOW AM JUST A MANAGER HERE AND I DO ACCORDING TO OTHERS AND I WANT
TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT HIS NAME IS IN AMONG TO DUE
FOR THE PAYMENT
I KNOW THAT YOU NEED HELP AND AM HERE TO GIVE IT TO YOU AND GOD KNOWS THAT I
WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET YOUR DRAFT ON MONDAY IF ONLY YOU CAN
GIVE ME YOUR TRUST AND
SURPORT THAT IS ALL THAT
MATTERS
YOUR KNOW HOW MUCH INVOLVED IN THE DRAFT HERE AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD
NOT DELAY BEFORE THE NEW PRESIDENT CANCELS THE PAYMENT APPROVED TO YOU.
HERE IS THE INFORMATIONS YOU
SHOULD SEND THE MONEY WITH
RECIVERS NAME:: BROWN
FRANKLIN CHIMA
PLACE ? LAGOS/NIGERIA
AMOUNT? $800
TEST QUESTION/ WHO AM I?
ANSWER/ PROF
THEN YOU WILL GIVE ME ALL THE DETAILS REQUIRED TO COLLECT THE MONEY AND THE
FULL DETAILS YOU USED AND THE SCAN COPY OF THE PAYMENT
ONCE YOUR PAYMENT IS VERIFIED
I WILL GET INTOUCH WITH YOU
IMMEDAITLY.
WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.CALL ME FOR ANY MORE INFORMATIONS.
+2348060321262
PROF.CHARLES
Names of Scam / Fake / Fraud Lottery
Click here for the huge list of the names of the currently identified lottery
scams companies
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