![]() |
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: "Lottery Zonal Co-ordinator" <rosebriggs03@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: dr.pedroterrans@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:34:43 +0300
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WINNING
FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARDS DEPARTMENT MEDITERRANEAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY
CORPORATION
Date: 03/06/2008
Ref: 575061/03
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning Numbers 1 2 26 30 40 21
AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE
Attn:
We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result winners of Mediterranean
International Lottery Programmes held on the 2nd of June 2008 from
the Mediterranean International Lottery programme.
Which is fully base on an electronic selection of winners using Their
e-mail addresses.
Your name was attached to ticket number; 675061725 9356460902 Serial Number
67749137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-9-
23-35-46 bonus number 14, which consequently won the lottery in the second
category. You are here by have been approved a lump sum pay of
Euros 2,000,000.00 (Two MILLION EUROS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW
46704/03 from the total cash prize shared amongst Eight lucky winners in
this category. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to
keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been
processed and your money remitted to your nominated bank. This is part of
our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abusE! of
this programme by some participants. All participants where selected through
a computer/mail balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E
-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States,Asia, Europe, Middle
East, Africa 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 in the medditerranean
coastal areas and also the goverment of each countries that boarder the
medditerranea sea as part of their social responsibility to the people
around the
mediterranean area where they have an operational base. Further more your
details (e-mail address) falls within our European representative office in
Athens, GREECE, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of EUROS
2,000,000.00 will be released to you from our regional branch office in
CYPRUS. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes for EUROS 15 Million international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM SIMPLY CONTACT YOUR REGIONAL CLAIMS AGENT.
*************************************************************************
DR PEDRO TERRANS
EMAIL dr.pedroterrans@yahoo.com
*************************************************************************
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
has been
released to you and also to the public. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this
programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note: All winnings MUST be claimed before the 30th of June
2008;otherwise all funds will be forfeited. Congratulations once again on
your winning .
BEST REGARDS,
MRS ROSE BRIGGS.
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
AT:dr.pedroterrans@yahoo.com <AT%3Adr.pedroterrans@yahoo.com>
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION
(c) Copyright 1999-2009 Mediterraneanlotto International . All rights
reserved!!!
Anti-fraud resources: