Lottery Scammer - Mrs Reginal Moore

hello scamwarner, me again, i happen to receive a message thru friendster, here it goes:

Agent Cupid Mobile And Internet Lottery
The Friendster Award Team,
Pegasus Drive
Stratton Business Park
Biggleswade
Bedfordshire SG18 8TQ
United Kingdom
Tel: 00 44 (0) 703 592 4221 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 00 44 (0) 703 592 4221 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Email:[email protected]
Dear Friendster Profile Holder,
Greetings from Friendster,I am Mrs Reginal Moore the Head Team Officer assigned to winners in cash in the prize awarded labels.In collaboration with British and Philippine Government your profile was selected and drawn from a wide range of labels that guests enjoy their patronage on our dating site.The selection was made through a computer draw system associated person alias Labeling ACCOUNT. subsequently your friendster profile has won you 450,000.00 GBP. (Four hundred and fifty thousand Great British pounds) as a Gold Winner .
As part of International Promotions Program, this takes place this 2010 in United Kingdom. This promotion is approved by the British game and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This promotion is the 1st of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. To begin the verification process of your prize, you are required to fill out the form below:
NOTE: All information is strictly confidential and used only for the purpose that has been requested. Please forward all entries to our claims department ([email protected])
PERSONAL DATA FORM
NAME:
SURNAME:
MIDDLENAME:
DOB(yyyy-mm-dd):
OCCUPATION:
EMAIL:
ADDRESS:
CITY / STATE / PROVINCE:
COUNTRY:
TEL:
Are you a member of another dating site (If Yes, Name)
IMPORTANT NOTICE:Please you are expected to scan a copy of your personal identity to confirm you are the Gold Winner of our friendster Lottery.On behalf of all members and staff of Friendster,we heartily congratulate and wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs Reginal Moore,
Head Team Director,
Friendster.


is there such?
that person reginal moore doesnt have any friends on her profile and she's only been a member since july 2010.
http://profiles.friendster.com/121987616
-thats her profile url.

It's another scam. Later I will split the posts about this fake lottery into a new topic and put it in the lottery scams section, as this scam is a pretty straightforward lottery scam. <done - Michelle>

After he gets your information, the scammer will inform you that there are fees or taxes to be paid in order to get your winnings. Of course, there are no winnings, and the only money changing hands is yours-going straight to the scammer. Occasionally, the scammer will send you a check to cover these taxes/fees--but if you cash it and send the money, you will be in trouble later when it is discovered that the check is a fake or is written based on stolen account information.

thank you!

hi scamwarner, just had a little chitchat with a friend and he mentioned something about 'identity theft'.
now whats bugging me is since i sent my resume to persons who happen to be scammers, is it possible that im goin to be a victim considering my resume contains some of my infos? pls help

I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

While it is true that scammers sometimes copy real people's information and pretend to be them (often in romance or property rental scams) the truth is the same amount of information is freely available on millions of facebook/myspace/twitter/linkedin profiles, so the scammer has lots of identities to choose from, and odds aren't that high that he will choose yours.

True identity theft usually involves things like opening credit cards, accessing bank accounts, creating fake ID etc. A standard resume would not contain the information needed to do these things.

A more intelligent scammer might try to send scams targeted more specifically to you, based on what they know about you, though, so just be vigilant about checking things out.