by Ralph
Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:07 am
This is yet another lottery scam email, it appears to come from an edu email address but this is yet another trick scammers will use to appear more legitimate.
Spoofed email address
Free email domains
The use of a 4470 phone number.
These are just a small selection of the indicators of a scam.
Of course, teh biggest indication is that i have won a competition that I didn't enter, that simply does not happen
Spoofed email address
Free email domains
The use of a 4470 phone number.
These are just a small selection of the indicators of a scam.
Of course, teh biggest indication is that i have won a competition that I didn't enter, that simply does not happen
Winning/Ticket number..........PL7866?
From: Lucile Snyder (lsnyder) ([email protected])
Sent:
To: Left blank indicating it was sent to multiple recipients
Your Email Was Selected In The Microsoft Lottery Promo?
Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10,United Kingdom.
Batch number...................16/12/0011
Ref number....................MSN-L/212-34441
Winning/Ticket number..........PL7866
Microsoft Award Notification
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds (500.000.00 GBP) from the New Edition 2009 Lottery promotion which is organized by "Yahoo Mail (UK), AT&T powered by Yahoo (USA), Windows Live and Microsoft Windows (UK), Your email addresses was electronically selected from all active online emails address, among the millions that subscribed, we only selected five people this Month as our winners via our electronic balloting System without you applying. We congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
You are to contact your Claims Agent with immediate effect to facilitate the protocol of your winning prized before the date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre and Prize must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw in which Prize was won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and never get to you.
These are your identification numbers:
Batch number...................16/12/0011
Ref number....................MSN-L/212-34441
Winning/Ticket number..........PL7866 .
cash prize of £500,000.00 GBP
To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent assigned to you
Mr. Terry Mark
VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER)
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 702 402 7936
You are therefore advised to send the following information to the claims agent to facilitate them and in order for them to have access in proceeding with the transferred of your funds to your designated bank account.
1.Full Names:
2.Home Address:
3.Phone Number:
4.Sex:
5.Age:
6.Occupation:
7.Nationality:
8.Country of Residence:
9.Amount Won:
10.Date Notified:
Microsoft Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 15 days, starting from the day you received the notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
Please note: This e-mail was sent from a notification-only address that cannot accept incoming e-mail. Please do not reply to this message except the verification manager Mr.Terry Mark, Email: [email protected]
Yours in service.
Microsoft Award Team
