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I realize that I am receiving many scams, especially via my Yahoo mailbox, which is surprisingly bad at catching scams, despite the effort I put trying to train the filtering engine (by telling it whenever it made a wrong decision).
This section contains the collection of scam emails that I received. Some of them I tried to follow up and track down the criminal (not very successful so far), others I just ignore and push to my spam box.
I hope by publishing these scams, it would help protecting others from them. Have fun reading them also :) My advice in dealing with scam is: be suspicious, ask yourselves before following up on a fortunate opportunity: "is this too good to be true?", then double check by googling the sender email addresses, his name, his company or the email content... Hopefully if it is a scam, you will find that someone else has posted that email in the Internet to warn others. Also, authentic people tend to not use gmail, yahoo mail, or other free email services when they are contacting people regarding a multi-millions or multi-billion dollars business. (I would use my uiuc.edu email)
If you have scam email samples which you want to donate to this collection and publish at my website, please forward them to my address at nguyen?
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(? should be replaced with minh). Be sure to include your name so that I can attribute your contribution. Please change the subject to include "[Scam]" to make sure your email get pass my Gmail spam filtering. Thanks!
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Lottery / Promo Scam 4
Thursday, 20 November 2008 05:06
Anh Nguyen
From: Patricia Elsworth <
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> Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2008 6:53:07 AM Subject: Hello!! Reply to:
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Skype Awards Promo
From The Desk Of The Promotions Manager
International Promotions/Skype Award Center 124 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom
Reference Number: 1037231LL
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five Hundred Thousand Pounds(Ј500,000,00.) for the month of November 2008 Prize promotion which is organized by Skype AWARDS. The Skype collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online,among the millions that subscribed to various websites. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM Winners shall choose from one of the payment option stated below:
A] Bank Wire Transfer For this option, winners must provide the below stated information: (1) Bank Full Name: (2) Bank Full Address (including State and Country) (3) Bank Telephone Number (4) Bank Account Number (5) Name of Owner of Account (6) Swift Code (7) Charge of Transfer (C.O.T) - Ј650 (Must be paid before consignment transfer of funds)
B] International Certified Cheque
For this option, winners must provide the below stated information: (1) Your Full Name (2) Your Complete Mailing Address (3) A Scanned Copy of your I.D clearly showing your face. (Note that this I.D will be required to claim your parcel when it arrives your apartment). (4) Insurance Fee & Shipment charge of Ј252 (Must be paid before consignment dispatch)
All funds must be claimed no later than 5 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.Stated below are your identification numbers:
Below you will find a Processing Form, requesting your required Particulars. Please provide all requested information to help us process your claim in good time.
Skype ONLINE PROCESSING FORM
REFERENCE NUMBER:____________________________ FULL NAMES:__________________________________ ADDRESS: _________________________________________________CITY:_________________________ STATE:__________________________________ ZIP: _____________________ PHONE:/FAX__________________________________ COUNTRY________________________________ SEX:_______________ AGE:__________________ MARITAL STATUS: _________________ OCCUPATION: ________________________ E-MAIL ADDRESS: _____________________________ NATIONALITY_________________________ PAYMENT OPTION: [A]_________________ / [B]_______________
Forms Should be returned to your claim agent with details below
Agent Austine Hefner
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Tel: +447035939320
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN
Yours in service Patricia Elsworth (Lottery Coordinator) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WARNING! This Notification MUST remain confidential until your funds is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim. You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying our image. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In the event you receive any e-mail similar to this notification letter we have emailed you, kindly delete it from your mail box and make no further correspondence to such persons or body.Skype shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned.
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Lottery Scam 3
Thursday, 20 November 2008 05:02
Anh Nguyen
From: Operator of The National Lottery Camelot Group <
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> Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2008 12:43:38 AM Subject: Congratulations!!! ***Jackpot Joy*** Reply to:
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The Camelot Group,Operators of The National Lottery. 3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park, Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
WINNING NOTIFICATION
The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Great Britain held on the of 8th November, 2008. Your mail account have been picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninty-one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds (£891,934.00 pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file REF NO.REF:UKL/74-A0802742008.
This is from total prize money of GBP £4,459,670.00shared among the FIVE (5) international winners in this category.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web through computer balloting system drawn from over 100,000 names database, union associations and corporate bodies that are listed online.This promotion is this year's United Kingdom National Lottery Weekly bonus.
The Camelot Group, operators of the United Kingdom National Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).All winning must be claimed not later than 9 working days from this notification. After this time all unclaimed funds will be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.To begin your claim, please contact your Claims Agent:
Prof. Derek Max. Email:
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CALL NOW:            +447031975941 CALL NOW:            +447031957914
He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing and remittance of your prize money.Note below your winning details: Ticket NO.: 22-1356-4096-988, Serial no: A069-07,Lucky No: 12-13-21-26-32-39 Bonus-17,File REF No.: UKL/74-A0802742008,BATCH No.: 2008UKL-01
***IMPORTANT*** KINDLY FILL THE VERIFICATION FORM
FullName________ Address________ country________ Sex________ Age________ Occupation________ Phone________ Address________ Status________
VERIFICATION BEFORE TRANSFER CHOOSE YOUR CLAIMS OPTION. (1)Courier Delivery (2)Bank to Bank Transfer
Congratulations again from all our staff.
Sincerely, Mrs. Dianne Thompson, Online Coordinator,CAMELOT GROUP, Operator of The National Lottery.
Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2008 05:37
Lottery Scam 2
Thursday, 20 November 2008 04:59
Anh Nguyen
From:
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Subject: Contact Mr Pinkett Wednesday, November 12, 2008 5:47:32 AM Reply to:
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You have just been awarded of the sum of £1,000,000.00GBP Pounds which was won by your E-MAILAdress in our Monthly Nokia Promo.So all you have to do is to get back to this office with your requirement such via(
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)with your
Names :Address :Country Phone No: Occupation :Age :Sex :
Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2008 05:44
Nigeria Scam 2
Thursday, 20 November 2008 04:53
Anh Nguyen
From:
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Subject: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY/YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED Saturday, November 1, 2008 2:02:04 AM
Mr.West Bernard. SA Post Office P.O. Box 10 000 PRETORIA 0083 SOUTH AFRICA. {MONEY TRANSACTION} {THIRTY SIX MILLION USD} (RE:TRANSFER OF($36,000,000.USD) Dear Sir/Madam, My name is Mr.West Bernard, and I work in the International operation department in a Local Bank here in South Africa On a routine inspection,I discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a BAL Of 36,000,000 (Thirty Six Million USD) on further discreet investigation I also discovered that the account holder has long since passed away(dead)leaving no beneficiary to the account the bank will approve this money to any foreigner because the former operator of the a/c is a foreigner and from Iraq in particular and I am certainly sure that he is dead and nobody will come again for the claim of this money it is only a foreigner that can claim this money with propear information. I need your cooperation to clear this money from the bank. I will provide the necessary information needed in order to claim this money, But you will need to open an account where this can be transferred.If you are interested send me your private Telephone No And Fax number including the full details of the account to be used for the Deposit.Utmost confidentiality is needed in handling this transaction as my job and the future of my family would be jeopardized if it were breached. The information required is as below: Bank Name Address-------- A/C Name.......................... A/C Number Even an empty a/c is still ok!------------------ Swift Code No..................... Your age?? I am assuring you that the transaction is risk free hence we are going to follow the normal transfer process .Finally a 40% of the total fund will be given to you for your steadfast corporation.I look forward for a positive response as quickly as possible. E-Mial:(
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) Best Regards, Mr.West Bernard.
Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2008 05:37
Lottery Scam 1
Thursday, 20 November 2008 04:45
Anh Nguyen
From:
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(this could be fake) Reply to:
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Subject: YOUR REF NO : UKL / 74 -A0802742007
The Camelot Group,operators of The National Lottery.
NOTICE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT!!!
Your mail account have been picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninety-one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-four Great British pounds £891,934.00 pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file REF NO : UKL/74-A0802742007 This is from total prize money of GBP4,459,670.00 shared amonge the FIVE (5) international winners in this category.Contact Mr. Phil Herald for Validation.
Email:
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Tel : +447031913983 VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1. FULL NAMES: _______ 2. ADDRESS: __________ 3. City________ 4. State_________ 5. Postcode______ 6. Country____________ 7. SEX: _______ 8. AGE: ________ 9. OCCUPATION: _____________ 10. TELEPHONE NUMBER: _________
Choose your claims option:
1. courier delivery ............. 2. Bank to bank wire transfer..........
Sincerely, (Mrs.) Dianne Thompson Online Coordinator, CAMELOT GROUP,Operator of The National Lottery.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2008 04:50
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