![]() |
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: MR TONY MCDONALD <mrtonymcdonald@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:06:10 +0800 (CST)
Subject: EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE DEPARMENT
The National Lottery
EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE DEPARMENT
Abbey Street Lower Dublin 1 Ireland Customer Services
Ref: IR/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We are pleased to notify you the draw of the EURO MILLIONS
PROMO/PRIZE:DEPARMENT Online
Camelot International Lottery Program held on August 2nd 2007.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
a pool of over 25 000
names of distinguished professionals drawn from Europe America Asia
Australia New
Zealand MiddleEast parts of Africa and North & South America as part
of our international
promotions programme conducted annually to encourage prospective
overseas entries. We hope
with part of your prize awards you will take part in our subsequent
lottery jackpots.
The result of our computer draw selected your name and email address
attached to eticket
number: 56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:
4 12 13 22 37 39 with lucky bonus number 1 which subsequently won
you the lottery in
the 1st category i.e.5 1 star Category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of ? 350 000
One Million Three
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a
total cash prize shared amongst the first Six 6 lucky winners in this
category i.e.5+1
star Category
Your prize award has been insured in your name and is ready for claims.
To begin your claims
therefore you are advised to expeditiously contact our licensed and
accredited claim agent
for Overseas Lottery Winners within a period of 21 days date of this
email inclusive for
the processing of your winning and remittance to your designated bank
account after all
statutory obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with.
This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within
our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in
your play coupon. In
view of this your ? 350 000 One Million Three Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Euro would
be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated
period may be forfeited
to the pool without further notice.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your
funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish contact via
email with the
particulars presented below citing the batch and reference numbers to
this letter between
the hours of 8.00am 7.30pm on Monday through Friday.To file in for
your claims contact:
Overseas Claims Unit
Camelot National Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Mr.TONY MCDONALD
Email: mrtonymcdonald@yahoo.com.hk
CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message including any attachments is
intended only for the
use of the intended recipient s and may contain information that is
privileged
confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under
applicable law. If you are
not the intended recipient of this message any dissemination
distribution or copying of
this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in
error please notify
the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original
message.
Copyright @ 1994-2007 The National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines.
Payment Processing Form
Ref Number:
TicketNumber:
Details Of Beneficiary.
Full Names: Surname First :
Address:
Country:
Telephone:
Gender:
Marital Status:
Age:
Occupation:
Annual Income:
Email Address:
Amount Won:
NB:For instant payment this above form most be filled and sent to the
CAMELOT NATIONAL
LOTTERY claims officer
MR.TONY MCDONALD
Email: mrtonymcdonald@yahoo.com.hk
I HEREBY DECLARE I AM THE BONAFIDE OWNER/USER OF THE WINNING EMAIL
ADDRESS THAT THE
INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE ARE VALID THAT I HAVE NEVER RECIEVED ANY
PAYMENT FROM THE NATIONAL
LOTTERY NOR HAS ANY OF MY RELATIVES FILED A CLAIM ON MY BEHALF.I HEREBY
GIVE AUTHORISATION
FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF MY PRIZE WITH THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE.
Copyright 1994-2007 The Irish National Lottery Inc.
---------------------------------
¨Ï¥ÎYahoo! Mail µL¹q¶lÀx¦s¶q¡A¥Î±o·U¦h¡A½à§AµLÅå³ß!¥ß§Y¦æ°Ê
Anti-fraud resources: