IS THIS EMAIL A SCAM?

IS THIS A SCAM?


Sat, April 30, 2011 8:29:24 AM
CONGRATULATION!!!! YOU HAVE WON $450,000.00USD.
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Message from LUCKY DROP INTERNATIONAL:
Lucky Drop International Promotion
Lottery Headquarters.

UNITED KINGDOM-76-81 SOUTHAMPTON ROW , BLOOMBURY LONDON . UNITED KINGDOM WciB 4AR ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION .AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER UNITED KINGDOM LONDON .




Telephone :+4470457 87049,



Dear Sir / Madam,


We happily announce to you the draw 2011 Lucky Drop Sweepstakes Program held in United Kingdom London . Your e-mail............ address attached to.

Batch Number.....................30/07F/006.
lucky number................2160/0Q .
Reference Number..............5VTRF .
Serial Number.....................ZGCP/111
Ticket Number................... 3391104/yx.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$450,000.00 (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) in Cheque.


All participants in this lottery program were selected randomly through a computer ballot system, drawn from 85.000.000 individual email addresses from all search engines. Your e-mail address was picked by the automated computer ballot system, which has been programmed for this random selection. This has eventually qualified you for the Winning.


This promotional program takes place annually, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities, Sultan of Brunei , Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc.With the support of European corporate companies and organizations to encourage the use of Internet and computers worldwide.



Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Asian representative's booklet in JAKARTA INDONESIA as indicated in your file number: BC/KK/802. In view of this, your US$450,000.00 Cheque would be released to you by Our Asian Fiduciary Agent, Our Asian Fiduciary Agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your Cheque as soon as you contact Barrister MAZHAR KHALID. office in Jakarta Indonesia .


Please contact Barrister MAZHAR KHALID. in Jakarta Indonesia for your claim with the following details below to enable the speedy evaluation and processing of your winning.


1. FULL NAME....................................
2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.....................
3. PRESENT ADDRESS.........................
4. AGE.............................................
5. OCCUPATION...............................
6. SEX.............................................
7. TELEPHONE NUMBER......................
8. MARITAL STATUS..........................
9. BATCH NUMBER............................
10.LUCKY NUMBER.......................
11. REFERENCE NUMBER....................
12 .SERIAL NUMBER....................
13 TICKET NUMBER....................

BARRISTER. MAZHAR KHALID . Esq.



G.I.L.S. Inc. ASIAN FIDUCIARY AGENT




E-mail;[email protected] or [email protected]



Mobile: + 62-856-9750-2657 .



Tel:+ 62-219-6524-640.



For security purposes and clarity we advice that you keep your winning information?s confidential, and not to be disclosed to anyone until your claim have been fully processed and your winning Cheque delivered to you.



BE WARNED!



Your winning details can only be released to your fiduciary agent who will commence the process of your winning, this is to avoid wrong and double claim, and it is also part of our security protocol to avoid unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous element. You are requested to contact Our Asian Fiduciary Agent in Jakarta Indonesia for your claim.



Please note that all winnings must be claimed not later than one month after the date of this winning notification. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications make sure that your winning details are quoted correctly in all correspondence.


We advice that you adhere strictly to these procedures to avoid disqualifications and subsequent cancellation. The above detailed information will be absolutely necessary to facilitate the process of your winning Cheque.Once again! Please Note that this winning is valid for one month and failure to issue claims after this period, your Cheque will be automatically void.


Congratulations!


Mrs Gladys Cains


Lottery Zonal co-ordinator.


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Mod edit: I removed what appears to be spam for a Real Estate website. ~Bubbles

Welcome to Scamwarners.
It's a scam, a typical example of a lottery scam. I won't go into the reasons here as they are all set out at viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3199.

Arnold is correct, this is typical Lotto scam.

I removed links and information which had no relevance to the scam. Please read the rules regarding posting on this forum prior to posting again.

And from what I can see, this scam has been around since late 2008.
Exact same crap (dated 2009) can be seen here at http://spamdb.vp44.com/emails/oct09/oct09-314.php

Sent to me by PM and posted as Hossein wants others to know what happened to him

HELLO DEAR FRIEND. I AM SORRY ABOUT EVERY MISTAKE I MADE BECAUSE IT WAS MY FIRST USE AND I HADNT READ THE RULES COMPLETELY ON THIS SITE AND I WAS COMPLETELY CONFUSED ABOUT LOOSING MY HARD EARNED MONEY.
I AM NOT VERY GOOD AT ENGLISH BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE ALL THE EMAILS I HAVE RECEIVED TO BELEIVE ME. I SPENT MORE THAN $5000 USD AS THEY ASKED ME FOR ANTI DRUG,ANTI TERRORIST,ACCOUNT ACTIVATION AND TAXES.AND THE BARISTER NAMED MAZHAR KHALID LOOKED TO BE SO HONEST AND KIND AND I WANT OTHERS TO HEAR MY STORY AND PAY NO ATTENTION TO THESE REAL ANIMALS. I WAS TRYING TO PREPARE THE LAST MONEY THEY ASKRD AND AS I COULDNT I TRIED TO EMAIL DKI BANK OF INDONASIA TO ASK THEM SUBTRACT THE 4600 USD TAX FROM MY FUND. ON THAT SITE( http://WWW.DKI BANK.COM) I SAW SCAM & FAKE EMAILS TO ALERT PEOPEL NOT TO PAY ANY FEE AND I FOLLOWED THEIR ADVICES UNTIL I FOUND SCAMWANERS SITE. BEING SO UNEXPERIENCED I TRUSTED THE BARRISTER AND LOST MY MONEY AND ALITTLE AFRAID ABOUT THE COPY OF MY PASSPORT WICH THEY ASKED. THE GUY IS CALLING MY HOME OVER AND OVER TO PERSUADE ME THAT HE IS HONEST AND I AM WRONG. I WISH I (THE SAME AS U) WERE A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS ABOUT OTHERS SO I WOULDNT TRUST THEM SO FAST WITHOUT TELLING AND ASKING ANYONE.I ASK U KINDLY TO TELL ME WHERE OR WHOM I CAN TALK WITH TO AVOID THE ABUSE OF MY PASSPORT INFORMATION AND IF THERE IS ANY WAY TO FIND THOSE PEPEOL AND GET BACK MY MONEY OR NOT.

REGARDS
HOSSEIN

I edited a few pieces of identifying information.

1.

Brother ***************


Be informed that in line with the new regulation directives, we received this morning 06-05-2011 @ about 07.21GMT from our head office, after our board of directors had thier meeting regarding complains from our delivery officers about global crises, terrorism, bomb blast, taliban fighters and uprising in middle east .

Our board of directors directing that henceforth, all winners of this program will have there won payment transferred to their account through bank telegraphic transfer.


In view of this, you are advised to forward your bank account details were your won payment of us$450,000 will be paid into. Note: that it is important you forward your bank account details, to enable the bank credits your account without delay .

2.

ATTENTION:

MR ******************

Be informed that your online account was blocked and we have reopened your online account this morning, Please re- confirm to us your receiving account informations as indicated below:

Bank details:

BANK NAME : BANK MELLI IRAN (BMI).

SWIFT CODE :MELIIRTHXXX.

ACCOUNT NUMBER : ************

ACCOUNT NAME :.

BANK ADDRESS :

Be informed that your online account has been re-created.

Username: ****
Password: ****

You can now access your account balance. Meanwhile, we cannot commence transfers to your nominated account as your account status is 'inactive'.

To commence transfers, you must need to activate your account with an initial deposit of $1,500 USD. This amount represents account activation fee and will be credited to your balance at time of transfer.

The account activation fee cannot be deducted from your deposit as your fund is still in an 'inactive status'. Please make an initial deposit of $1,500 USD to enable us activate your account,ready for you to commence transfers.

Regards,

Dr mrs maryam mohammed

Manager-International Remittance
Dki Bank Online

Phone : +628561192668.