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Lottery Scam Email:
ACCULOTTO ONLINE INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY
"Mr Mason Ryan", "masonryan_agent@yahoo.com.hk"
Have you received an email from "Mr Mason Ryan" at "ACCULOTTO ONLINE INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY" telling you that "your
winnings claims have been verified by this office" or something similar, and to
contact "masonryan_agent@yahoo.com.hk" 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 "ACCULOTTO ONLINE INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY".
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!):
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:00:42 +0800 (CST)
From: "MASON RYAN" <masonryan_agent@yahoo.com.hk>
Subject: YOUR LOTTERY MONEY HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU
YOUR LOTTERY MONEY HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU
ACCULOTTO ONLINE INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY
1-3 Leinster Gardens, London W2 6DP London
FROM: THE PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR (PAYMENT AND DESPATCH DEPT.)
Dear Joe Gullible,
How are you today?
My name is Mr Mason Ryan, (operations manager of Dispatch and payment
Department) of the ACCULOTTO ONLINE INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY, and I get paid
to make sure you get your winnings without any problems.
I want to congratulate you because your winnings claims have been verified by
this office, you have won the sum of $1.1 million
Dolloars (One million,One
Hundred housand Dollars).As I write to you today your package which includes
your winning certificate, a cheque worth $1.1 million
Dolloars payable to your
name and an a four page document which covers money laundering has been taken to
the post office to be sent to you.
You will receive the package within the next few days and as soon as that is
done you can take your cheque to any bank of your choice and have your money
cashed. As part of our operational policy, we try to make everything easy for
our winners and I do hope that when you get your winnings you will not fail to
partake in our subsequent ticket lottery programme.
Please do let me know when your package is received and your money cashed so
that I in turn can report to the lottery organizers.
I hope to hear from you as soon as your get your package.
Mr Mason Ryan
Names of Scam / Fake / Fraud Lottery
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