Crime Online

This time the crooks have an address in London, Great Britain. The funny thing is if you take a look at the Connecticut Lottery site they make no mention of a London office.

The CT Lottery does have a page informing readers about typical scam messages using Connecticut Lottery as a front.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Missy Ashton© <admindept@ctlotto.com>
Date: 2008/10/19
Subject: CATEGORY “A” WINNING NOTIFICATION.
To: undisclosed-recipients

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CONNETICUT LOTTERY CORPORATION
64 MANCHESTER RD, LONDON E14 3BE

Ref Number: CT/17AD/LG9009
Batch Number: 839081500-CT/2008
Ticket Number: CT/11452/8707-905
Serial Number: 879CT-80-80
Amount Won: £2,750,000.00.

Attn Lucky Winner,

CATEGORY “A” WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We happily announce to you the result of the last final annual draw of our International Lottery Programs.

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as a winner in the category “A” with the following numbers attached Ref Number: CT/17AD/LG9009, Serial Number: 879CT-80-80, Batch Number: 839081500-CT/2008 and Ticket Number: CT/11452/8707-905.

You are therefore to receive a cash prize of £2,750,000.00. (Two Million Sevn Hundred and Fifty Thousand GBP) from the total payout.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and Ref Number: CT/17AD/LG9009 and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for category “A” winners with the information below:
*************************************
Name: Mr. Allan Baas
E-Mail: infoallanbaas_awardclaim@yahoo.com.hk
Phone: +44 703 1966612, +44 703 184 3533,
Fax: +44 870 495 8318, +44 871 5033515
*************************************
You are advice to provide him with the following information:
Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 21 days, thereafter unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence.

You are to keep all lotto information confidential, especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained). Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours Faithfully,
Missy Ashton
Lottery Coordinator.

On this one, they say Microsoft has a ballot system which picks the prize winner from 50.000 e-mail addresses.

I wonder if Microsoft knows about this software?

just invent one. It’s easy!

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: AgeniaClark Mrs.
Date: Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 2:34 AM
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR, BRITISH INTERNET GAMES LOTTORY WINNER.!!
To:

BRITISH INTERNET GAMES
35, CLARENCE STREET ,
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX
SS1 1BH.

*****************************
REF No: BEP/9587364001/07
BATCH No: 22/3721/IPD
*****************************

RE: EMAIL RESULT NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the recent result of our Email Games
Promotion held on 9th August 2008.

Your E-mail Address attached to ticket number 972/83746212 with serial
numbers 870942 drew the lucky numbers 11-18-23-32-49, with bonus ball
10-18 which consequently won the lottery in the 2nd Prize.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 750,000(Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand) E-mail Addresses from
Asia, Australia,
Middle East, Europe, United States , Canada , South-America and Africa
, as part of our Email promotion programs which we conduct every year.

You are therefore been approved for the lump sum payout of
$550,000.00(Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars Only) credited to
Account Number 917-92736471.This is from the total cash prize of
$18,300,000.00(Eighteen Million, Three Hundred Thousand Dollars Only)
Shared among the international winners in different Prize categories.

Therefore, to begin your claim, please contact the claims department
for necessary assistance as regards to your claim and final release of
the prize money to your designated bank account

Mr. David Wilson
(Claims Manager)
Email: big_davidwilson@live.fr
Phone: +44-785-340-7590

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every
correspondence with us.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th
September 2008. After this date the entire fund will be returned to
the INLAND REVENUE as unclaimed.

Congratulations and thank you for being part of our International
promotions program.

Best regards,
Mrs Agenia Clark

It’s one of those e-mails where the contact office is in Africa. What
a coincidence!

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
Date: Sep 5, 2008 3:10 AM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS………..
To: undisclosed-recipients

AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
Date:4/9/2008
Ref:4758961725
Batch:ALLINC 70564943902/188
Winning no:FGNGB2701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS………..

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the of 4th
STEP-2008 from the Australian International Lottery programme. Which is
fully bank on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail
addresses Your name was attached to ticket number 47061725 07056490902
serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
513-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the
second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$600,000.00 (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:
ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of US$4.8million shared
amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system
drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,
Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, (Africa Nigeria
claiming office)and Oceania apart of our international promotions
program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European
representative office in France,Spain, as indicated in your play
coupon and your prize of US$600 000,.00USD, will be released to you
from this regional branch office in
Africa. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our
end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE Simply contact our fiducial agent,REVEREND
PAUL JOHNSON HIS
EMAIL ADDRESS IS(revpauljohnsonagent@gmail.com) to file for your claim.

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be
found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full
name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and
yourprize released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this programmer by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed under two weeks of receiving this
message otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually donated to charity Congratulations once again on your
winnings!!!(co-ordinator) PLEASE DO REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.AND CONTACT
YOUR CLAIMS AGENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL
RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

BEST REGARD,
Mrs Rose Hill
LOTTERY DIRECTOR

This is the first time somebody has used the Spanish subsidiary of the UK National Lottery

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Thomas Gasol
Date: 2008/8/31
Subject: !!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!.
To: undisclosed-recipients

LOTERIA NACIONAL
Madrid-Spain

https://www.lotojuegos.com

Ref No: LN/88-5/XXX08.
Batch No: 009/12345SP.

!!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!.

The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Promotion Department of the LOTERIA NACIONAL Satellite lottery, Spain, wishes to congratulate you on your success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this year NACIONAL LOTTO Satellite lottery Spain International Promotion (SLP) .The late notice was due to mix up email addresses, no tickets were sold, and you were randomly selected as a winner.
This comes with a prize of One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euro (Ђ1,500,000) Euros in the LOTERIA-NACIONAL Satellite Software email lottery in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by Software powered by the Internet through the worldwide website.

Your email address was amongst those chosen this year for the LOTERIA-NACIONAL Satellite lottery. And this promotion is proudly sponsored by the EUROMILLONES LOTTO SPAIN organization. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a database of over a million email addresses from the World Wide Web. Each email address was attached to a ticket number and your email address with ticket number: KY/098/HG/7BN was randomly selected as the star prize winner amongst other consolation prize winners.

Your email address, attached to Ref number: LN/88-5/XXX08 with Serial number: 009/12345SP drew the lucky Numbers 25, and consequently won the lottery in the “A” Category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of Ђ 1,500,000 Euros.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European Booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In View of this, your Ђ 1,500,000 Euros will be released to you by our accredited remittance bank located in Europe.

To file for your claim, kindly fill the verification form below and send it to the Claims Manager, Mr. Thomas Gasol of the claims department through email, stating your receipt of this notification. He has been mandated to offer you assistance and facilitate the urgent delivery of your prizes.

Claims Manager,
M. Thomas Gasol
Tel: + 34-667-302-512
Email: loteriaclaim@aim.com

VERIFICATION FORM:
1.) FULL NAME:
2.) AGE:
3.) SEX:
4.) ADDRESS:
5.) OCCUPATION:
6.) Ref. Number:
7.) COUNTRY:
8.) PHONE:
9.) FAX NUMBER:
10) Monthly Income:

Thanks for been part of this promotional award programme.We wish you the best of lucky as you spend your good fortune.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Melissa De Grout
Promotion Manager
Tel: + 34-667-302-512
Email: loteriaclaim@aim.com

https://www.lotojuegos.com

N.B: Keep all lotto information from public to avoid double claims, as any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.

Thomas Gasol, Loterei Nacional

but that does not stop these crooks from using the name for a fraudulent lottery e-mail. Of course, if you add a football topic, such as UEFA to it, that makes it all the more believable, doesn’t it.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUES <noticedept@uefa.com>
Date: Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON!!!(FRIDAY 22ND OF AUGUST).
To:

ATTENTION: Winner

The Local Organizing Committee of the European Champions League is glad to announce to the world the giving away of the sum of TWO HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS to 100 lucky email addresses all over the world.

This promotion is in Appreciation of our International Support for the past Soccer Events and the correspondent earnings at the stock market which was far beyond our projected quarterly earnings.

Be informed that all winners in this program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 1,500,000 companies and individual e-mail addresses database. Your email address happened to be one of the lucky winners of TWO MILLION POUNDS among
the One Hundred email addressess chosen. In order to claim your prize, you will have to fill the form below and send it to our fudiciary agent for verification and then you will be informed on how to make claims of your Cashier’s Check for the sum which has already been deposited along with your email contact.

We use this opportunity to thank all our Sponsors/ Contributors of this program: HEINEKEN, AIR EMIRATES,ADDIDAS,NIKE,MCDONALDS,COCA-COLA,UNITED AIRLINES, BMW, PEPSI, VIRGIN ATLANTIC, UMBRO-SPORTLINE, FUJIFILM, AIR-ASIA, BARCLAYS,VODAFONE, NOKIA N-SERIES, LUCOZADE SPORT, AND A HOST OF EMAIL SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR ALLOWING THE USE OF THEIR DATABASE FOR THE DRAWS AND ALSO FOR THE PROVISION OF SECURE (SSL)EMAIL DELIVERY SYSTEMS.

NAME:……………………………………..
AGE:………………………………………
SEX (M/F):…………………………………
ADDRESS:…………………………………..
EMAIL:…………………………………….
TEL.:……………………………………..
OCCUPATION:……………………………….
COUNTRY:…………………………………..

Please you are advised to complete the form and send back to us for prompt collection. You are automatically disqualified if you are below 16 years of age.This E-mail message (including attachments, if any)is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Information that is privileged, proprietary, confidential and exempted from disclosure.If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.

Congratulation once again and you are advised to send reply to your claims agent for you to be approved for payment:
CLAIMS AGENT: MR.LANGSTON WRIGHT
EMAIL: uefaclaimdept@gmail.com
Tel: +44-701-113-7809

Sincerely,

Susan Hill.
Online co-ordinator,
Heineken UEFA Champions League.

There has been a decrease in the numbers of lottery e-mails during the last weeks. I doubt that it means that there is a shift away from that type of scam e-mail. I am sure we will be seeing it in circulation for some time to come.