![]() |
joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet |
|
|
Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
Click here to report a problem with this page.
Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: CLAIMS AGENT <uklottoclaimsdeptofficer@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:41:56 +0100 (BST)
Subject: HOW YOU WON
The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL
United Kingdom.
Ref: XYC /26500460037/08
Batch: 74/00319/IPD
ATTN:WINNER,
The notification you received is actually true,That you won the lottery in our Monthly online balloting system done through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished Email addreses of professionals drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions programme conducted twice weekly to encourage prospective overseas entries.
Your winning prize of £2,532,137 (Two million, Five hundred and Thirty Two Thousand, One Hundred and Thirty Seven pounds sterling) as ben forwarded to my office for immediate release to you.
Therefore you are required to send me the completed claims verification form sent in the winning notification to enable my office issue a cheque in your name and proper it for delivery to the address which you will provide without delay.
Congratulations once again as we remain obliged to be of service to you.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Smith stanford
Claims Director
Uk National Lottery International.
---------------------------------
Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up for your freeaccount today.
Anti-fraud resources: